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Discover Tibet’s Mount Everest
Tibet – That was a long time the mysterious, legendary and unknown country hidden on the roof of the world, and almost unreachable behind the highest mountains in the world. Tibet has come to mean the entire Tibetan plateau (the highlands of Tibet, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau) and the Tibet Autonomous Region. On this web site is used for Tibet Tibet Autonomous Region.
Geography of Tibet: Tibet is located in southwestern China. Tibet has 4 neighboring provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Tibet has with India, Nepal, Burma, Bhutan, Sikkim and Kashmir shares a border.
River landscapes in Tibet: Tibet is rich in rivers. The largest river in Tibet, the Yarlung Zangbo River (river means in Tibetan “Zangbo”). It originates in the Himalayas and flows to India, where it is called Brahmaputra. Other rivers in the country are: Nujiang, Lancang and Jinshajiang. Many rivers in India come from Tibet like the Thanlwin, the Ganges and the Indus. With a depth of 5382 m, is the gorge of the Yarlung Zangbo the deepest canyon in the world. and the gorge of the Parlung Zangbo is the third largest canyon in the world.
Mountains in Tibet: The highest mountain in the country is Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,850 m. Recent measurements showed an altitude of 8846 m
Comparisons with other mountains in the world :
Europe’s highest mountain is Mont Blanc (4,807 m) in France.
The highest mountain of Turkey is Mount Ararat (5,165 m) in the Anatolian highlands,
the highest mountain in North and South America is Aconcagua (6,960 m) in Argentina,
the highest mountain in the U.S. is located in Alaska, Mount McKinley (6,193 m),
The highest mountain in Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania (5,895 m) and
The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest (8,850 m) in Nepal / Tibet.
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