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5 days ago · Tibet is on a high plateau—the Plateau of Tibet—surrounded by enormous mountain masses. The relatively level northern part of the plateau is called the Qiangtang ; it extends more than 800 miles (1,300 km) from west to east at an average elevation of 16,500 feet (5,000 metres) above sea level .
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3 days ago · The Himalayan range is bordered on the northwest by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, and on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Some of the world's major rivers , the Indus , the Ganges , and the Tsangpo – Brahmaputra , rise in the vicinity of the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home ...
23 hours ago · Mount Everest, mountain on the crest of the Great Himalayas of southern Asia that lies on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, at 27°59′ N 86°56′ E. Reaching an elevation of 29,032 feet (8,849 metres), Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
4 days ago · With an elevation averaging between 4,000 and 5,000 meters, it is the highest plateau on earth, and is known as the "roof of the world". The Himalayan Mountain is located in southern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its highest peak, Mount Qomolangma (or Mount Everest) is 8,848.13 meters above sea level.
2 days ago · Central Asia’s Tibetan Plateau is also known as the Roof of the World. With an average elevation of more than 4,500 meters, it is the highest plateau on Earth. The Tibetan Plateau stretches from the Himalayan mountain range in the south to the Taklamakan desert in the north.
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4 days ago · Everest is a part of the Himalayas, which stretches over 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles) from west to east and forms a massive barrier between the Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayas separate the Tibetan plateau from the Indian subcontinent.
23 hours ago · Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 4,380 m (14,000 ft). [1] [2] Located in the Himalayas, the highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, rising 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft) above sea level. [3] The Tibetan Empire emerged in the 7th century.
