Tanggula Railway Station is the highest train station in the world, at an elevation of 5,068 metres (16,627 feet) above sea ...

First, there's a distinction between Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region (also referred to as the TAR). Tibet is situated on the Tibet Plateau ... and plenty more mountains, lakes and forests.

It's the only explanation that makes sense to Jia Son, a Tibetan farmer ... geologic colossus—the highest and largest plateau on the planet, ringed by its tallest mountains—covers an area ...

Topographic map of the Tibetan Plateau. Major rifts in south-central Tibet are labeled. The arrow indicates the Indian plate motion. The circles are intermediate-depth earthquakes (>=70 km ...

Qinghai Hoh Xil, located in the northeastern extremity of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, is the largest and highest plateau in the world. This extensive area of alpine mountains and steppe systems is ...

It is what happens in that narrow band that ultimately determines the elevation of the world's highest mountain. Why is the Tibetan Plateau, to Everest's north, so flat, whereas mountains abound ...