The Tibetan Plateau seen from aboard the first Space Shuttle flight, April 1981. Creator: NASA.

The Tibetan Plateau seen from aboard the first Space Shuttle flight, April 1981. Creator: NASA.

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The Tibetan Plateau seen from aboard the first Space Shuttle flight, April 1981. View of the Tibetan or Himalayan Plateau (known in China as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau or the Qing-Zang Plateau) in Central Asia. It covers most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai in western China, as well as part of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India.


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  1. NASA, attributed to: American:

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Asia China Tibet

  1. 31 40 00 N , 088 00 00 E

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Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

Science & Nature Geographical Features

Science & Nature Astronomy

Science & Nature Discovery & Exploration


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5250x4062
File Size : 62,478kb


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  1. 0920000067
  1. 2-701-393
  1. 2701393

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