eastern Tibet

E180032

Eastern Tibet is a high-altitude region on the eastern Tibetan Plateau characterized by rugged mountains, deep river gorges, and a mix of Tibetan and neighboring cultural influences.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
high-altitude region ⓘ
borders Qinghai ⓘ
Sichuan ⓘ
linked to: Sichuan Province

Yunnan ⓘ
linked to: Yunnan Province

central Tibet ⓘ
contains Hengduan Mountains ⓘ
deeply incised river valleys ⓘ
hasAverageElevation high altitude ⓘ
hasBorderType mountainous frontier zone ⓘ
hasClimate cold temperate highland climate ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Han Chinese culture ⓘ
Qiang culture ⓘ
linked to: Qiang people

Tibetan culture ⓘ
Yi culture ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity animal husbandry ⓘ
herding of yaks ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Khampa Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
hasFeature high biodiversity in river gorges ⓘ
steep elevational gradients ⓘ
hasLandUse pastureland ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
hasLanguage Tibetan language varieties ⓘ
hasPopulationDensity sparsely populated ⓘ
hasReligion Bon traditions ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
hasTerrain deep river gorges ⓘ
rugged mountains ⓘ
hasTraditionalRegionName Kham ⓘ
hasTransportationRoute Sichuan–Tibet Highway ⓘ
Yunnan–Tibet Highway ⓘ
hasVegetation alpine meadows ⓘ
coniferous forests ⓘ
historicallyPartOf Kham region ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist monasteries ⓘ
nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
remote highland settlements ⓘ
locatedIn People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Tibet ⓘ
locatedOn eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
partOf Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
seismicallyActive true ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
traversedBy Mekong River upper reaches ⓘ
Salween River upper reaches ⓘ
linked to: Salween River

Yangtze River upper reaches ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Transhimalaya → extendsAcross → eastern Tibet ⓘ
Yalong River → isLocatedInGeographicalRegion → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Bayan Har Mountains → partOf → northeastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Bayan Har Mountains → partOf → eastern Tibetan Plateau orogen ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Qiangic languages → geographicDistribution → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Hengduan Mountains → partOf → Southeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Taktser, Amdo, Tibet → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Amdo region of Tibet ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Taktser, Amdo, Tibet → historicallyPartOf → traditional Tibetan region of Amdo ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Middle Way Approach toward Tibet-China relations → appliesTo → Tibetan areas in Sichuan ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Middle Way Approach toward Tibet-China relations → appliesTo → Tibetan areas in Gansu ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Southwest China → contains → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Putao → nearBorderWith → Tibet region ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Lohit River → sourceRegion → Tibet region ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture → locatedIn → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Bayan Har tectonic block → hasSeismicHazardFor → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Mount Amnye Machen → locatedIn → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Dadu River region → partOf → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Dadu River region → partOf → eastern Tibetan Plateau corridor ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Nu Mountains → locatedOn → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Shaluli Mountains → locatedIn → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Central Tibet → borderedBy → Eastern Tibet ⓘ
subject linked to: central Tibet
linked to: eastern Tibet
Kham → locatedIn → eastern Tibet ⓘ
subject linked to: Kham region
Kham → locatedIn → eastern Tibet ⓘ
Rgyalrong → region → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Jinsha River → sourceRegion → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Min River (Sichuan) → sourceRegion → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Dadu He → sourceRegion → eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Mipham Rinpoche → region → Eastern Tibet ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
Shechen Monastery → region → Eastern Tibet ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet