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Hace 2 días · The five major landforms—mountain, plateau, hill, plain, and basin—are all well represented. China’s complex natural environment and rich natural resources are closely connected with the varied nature of its relief.
Hace 4 días · This vast plateau of some 154,000 square miles (400,000 square km) forms a unique region of loess-clad hills and barren mountains between the North China Plain and the deserts of the west. In the north the Great Wall of China forms the boundary, while the southern limit is the Qin Mountains in Shaanxi province.
Hace 2 días · The west and north of the country are dominated by sunken basins (such as the Gobi and the Taklamakan), rolling plateaus, and towering massifs. It contains part of the highest tableland on earth, the Tibetan Plateau, and has much lower agricultural potential and population.
Hace 3 días · Iran - Mountains, Plateaus, Deserts: A series of massive, heavily eroded mountain ranges surrounds Iran’s high interior basin. Most of the country is above 1,500 feet (460 meters), with one-sixth of it over 6,500 feet (1,980 meters).
Hace 1 día · Tibet ( / tɪˈbɛt / ⓘ; Tibetan: བོད, Lhasa dialect: [pʰøːʔ˨˧˩] Böd; Chinese: 西藏; pinyin: Xīzàng ), or Greater Tibet, [1] is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about 2,500,000 km 2 (970,000 sq mi). It is the homeland of the Tibetan people.
Hace 9 horas · Deosai National Park (Urdu: دیوسائی باغ ملی) is a high-altitude alpine plain and national park located between the Skardu District, Kharmang District and Astore District in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.. The Deosai Plains are situated at an average elevation of 4,114 metres (13,497 ft) above sea level and considered the second highest plateaus in the world.
Hace 2 días · Tectonic mélanges have diverse origins, variable lithologies, complex structures, and significant differences in engineering characteristics; they are the fundamental source of crucial geological safety risks and cause large-scale geohazards. Based on an analysis of the basic characteristics of 7 tectonic mélange belts in the eastern Tibetan Plateau, this article focuses on the Jinsha River ...
