Penara Tibet

Penara Tibet , juga dikenali Penara Qinghai-Tibet (Bahasa Cina: 青藏高原; Pinyin: Qingzang Gaoyuan) ialah kawasan penara tinggi di Asia Tengah ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] yang meliputi kawasan Kawasan Autonomi Tibet dan daerah Qinghai di China dan Ladakh di kawasan Kashmir yang ditabir India. Ia juga meliputi keluasan sekitar 1,000 dari 2,500 kilometer, dan memiliki purata ketinggian melebihi 4,500 meter. Kadangkala digelar "bumubung dunia," ia merupakan penara yang terbesar dan tertinggi di dunia, dengan keluasan 2.5 juta kilometer persegi (lebih kurang empat kali ganda saiz Texas atau Perancis).^[5]

Lihat Juga

Gurun Taklamakan

Nota kaki

^ Illustrated Atlas of the World (1986) Rand McNally & Company. ISBN 528-83190-9 pp. 164-5
^ Atlas of World History (1998) HarperCollins. ISBN 0-7230-1025-0 pg. 39
^ "The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia (Christopher Beckwith)". Dicapai pada 2009-02-19.
^ Hopkirk 1983, pg. 1
^ "Natural World: Deserts". National Geographic. Dicapai pada 2007-07-23.

Rujukan

Hopkirk, Peter (1983). Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet. J. P. Tarcher. ISBN 0874772575.
Brantingham, P. J.; Xing, G. (2006). "Peopling of the northern Tibetan Plateau". World Archaeology. 38 (3): 387–414. Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (bantuan)

Pautan Luar

ON THINNER ICE 如履薄冰 (by GRIP, Asia Society and MediaStorm)
The End of Earth's Summer Diarkibkan 2002-07-24 di Wayback Machine
Long Rivers and Distant Sources
"Roof of the Earth" Offers Clues About How Our Planet Was Shaped
Plateau Perspectives (international NGO)
Leaf morphology and the timing of the rise of the Tibetan Plateau
Todays weather in the eastern Chang Tang Diarkibkan 2006-03-19^{(Timestamp length)} di Wayback Machine
Protected areas of the Tibetan Plateau region Diarkibkan 2007-05-10 di Wayback Machine
North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert
Photos of Tibetan nomads
"Roof of the Earth" Offers Clues About How Our Planet Was Shaped