Tibetan Plateau
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English
Proper noun
- A high altitude plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges, west of the Szechuan basin, and south of the Taklamakan Desert.
- Synonyms: Himalayan Plateau, Tibet Plateau
- 1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 11:
- Were one to draw a profile of generalized altitudes of the landmass of Ling-nan and Kuei-chou Yun-nan in a southeast-northwest direction, the profile that emerges would represent a step-like formation from the sea to the Tibetan Plateau with five major "steps."
- 2001, Kim Dramer, “China's Sorrow”, in The Yellow River (Juvenile Literature), Franklin Watts, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 7–8:
- The source of the Yellow River is in the Qinghai Province on the Tibetan Plateau. This area is often called the "Roof of the World" because of its high altitude, the height of a place above sea level.
- 2022 August 16, “Tibetan Plateau water stores under threat: study”, in France 24, archived from the original on 16 August 2022:
- The Tibetan Plateau will experience significant water loss this century due to global warming, according to research published Monday that warns of severe supply stress in a climate change "hotspot".
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tibetan Plateau.
Translations
plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges
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Further reading
- “Tibetan Plateau”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Tibetan Plateau”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Tibetan Plateau” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.