The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is about 2,800 kilometers long from east to west and 300 ~ 1.500 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of about 2.5 million square kilometers. Topographically, it can be divided into six parts: Qiangtang Plateau, Southern Tibet Valley, Qaidam Basin, Qilian Mountain, Qinghai Plateau and Sichuan-Tibet Alpine Canyon.
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is rich in light energy and geothermal resources. Frozen soil is widely distributed on the plateau, and vegetation is mostly natural grassland. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is also one of the birthplaces of Chinese nation and Chinese civilization. Fuxi,, * * * Gong, April, Jintian, and Yu Xia, who have been circulated in the history of Chinese civilization, are all ancient Qiang people on the plateau.
Location context:
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is between 26 ~ 39 north latitude and 73 ~ 104 east longitude. It starts from Pamirs in the west, reaches Hengduan Mountain in the east, borders Kunlun Mountain, Altun Mountain and Qilian Mountain in the north, and reaches Himalayas in the south. It is about 2800 kilometers long from east to west and 300 ~ 1500 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of about 2.5 million square kilometers.