eastern Tibet

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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.

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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

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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