Tibet & Tibetan Culture Educational Geography Posters, Prints

Map of Tibet, Asia, Poster (29º39'0"N 91º6'0"E)

Tibet Flag Eastern Hemisphere

Tibet, a region and former independent country in Central Asia, is the homeland of the Tibetan people. All or most of Tibet (depending on definition of region and history) is controlled by the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1959 the former government of Tibet, led by the 14th Dalai Lama, has maintained a government in exile at Dharamsala, in northern India.

Orographical Map of Tibet and Mt Everest, Photographic Print

The Tibetan Plateau covers most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in western China, as well as part of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

The Plateau is the world's highest and largest plateau, with an area of nearly 1 million sq. mi. (2.5 million sq. km.) or about four times the size of France.

It stretching approximately 620 mi (1,000 km) north to south and 1,600 mi (2,500 km) east to west. The average elevation exceeds 14,800 ft (4,500 meters) and the Tibetan Plateau is often called "the Roof of the World".

Satellite View of the Tibetan Plateau, Photographic Print

The Tibetan Plateau is surrounded by the Himalayan range to the south, on the west by the Karakoram Mountains, the north by the Kunlun Range and the Taklamakan Desert, the northeast by the Qilan Range, and to the east and southeast by an area of ridges and gorges where the great rivers of Mekong, Yangtse, Selween, Tsangpo, and Yellow all flow out of Tibet.

The Tibetan Plateau contains the world's third-largest store of ice and the Tibetan glaciers are retreating at a higher speed than in any other part of the world due to rising temperatures of the global climate. This threatens Asian rivers including the Ganges and Indus, and the water security for billions of people.