Tibetan Plateau
plateau in Central Asia
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Summary
Tibetan Plateau is a region[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,664 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tibet Autonomous Region[3], Qinghai[4], Western Sichuan[5], Yunnan[6], Xinjiang[7], Gansu[8], Ladakh[9], Jammu and Kashmir[10], Himachal Pradesh[11], Uttarakhand[12], Sikkim[13], Darjeeling[14], Arunachal Pradesh[15], Gilgit-Baltistan[16]
- Country: People's Republic of China[17], India[18], Pakistan[19], Afghanistan[20], Nepal[21], Bhutan[22], Tajikistan[23], Kyrgyzstan[24]
- Continent: Asia[25]
- Instance of: plateau[26]
- Shares border with: Kunlun Mountains[27], Qilian Mountains[28], Yarlung Tsangpo River[29], Himalayas[30], Indian subcontinent[31], Tarim Basin[32], Mongolian Plateau[33], Karakoram[34]
- Commons category: Tibetan Plateau[35]
- Said to be the same as: Tibet[36]
- Coordinate location: 33, 88[37]
- Significant event: Tintin in Tibet[38]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tibetan Plateau[39]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[40]
- Native label: 青藏高原[41]
- Length: 2500[42]
- Elevation above sea level: 4500[43]
- Area: 2,500,000[44]
- Width: 1000[45]
- Contains: Yellow River[46], Yangtze[47], Mekong River[48], Salween River[49], Indus River[50], Brahmaputra River[51], Qinghai Lake[52], Namtso[53], Dagzê Co[54], Lake Manasarovar[55], Yamdrok Lake[56], Mount Everest[57], K2[58]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[59]
Why It Matters
Tibetan Plateau has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]