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Southern Tibet [1] [2] [3] is a literal translation of the Chinese term "藏南" (pinyin: Zàng Nán), which may refer to different geographic areas: . The southern part of Tibet, covering the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River Valley between Saga County to the west and Mainling County to the east, as well as neighbouring areas located between the Himalayas to the south and the ...
The English word Tibet or Thibet dates back to the 18th century. [20] ... northern Yunnan, southern Qinghai, and the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Seven north–south trending rifts and normal faults were first discovered in southern Tibet during the late 1970s and early 1980s using satellite imagery. They began formation when extension occurred some 4 to 8 million years ago. [22] The largest earthquakes in Tibet, with magnitudes of 8.0 or similar, occur along strike-slip faults.
Tibetan folk opera, known as lhamo, is a combination of dances, chants and songs. The repertoire is drawn from Buddhist stories and Tibetan history. [49] Tibetan opera was founded in the fourteenth century by Thang Tong Gyalpo, a lama and a bridge-builder. Gyalpo and seven girls he recruited organized the first performance to raise funds for ...
The Tibetan Plateau, [a] also known as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau [b] and Qing–Zang Plateau, [c] is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of South, Central, and East Asia. [ d ] Geographically, it is located to the north of Himalayas and the Indian subcontinent , and to the south of Tarim Basin and Mongolian Plateau .
The Tibet Autonomous Region, officially the Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, [5] [note 1] is an autonomous region of China and part of Southwestern China. It was formally established in 1965 to replace the Tibet Area, the former administrative division of the PRC established after the annexation of Tibet in 1951.
Lhoba [a] (English translation: Southerners; [4] Chinese: 珞巴; pinyin: Luòbā; Standard Tibetan: ལྷོ་པ།) [5] is any of a diverse amalgamation of Sino-Tibetan-speaking tribespeople living in and around Pemako, [6] a region in southeastern Tibet [7] including Mainling, Medog and Zayü counties of Nyingchi and Lhünzê County of Shannan, Tibet.
The lake is located in the Gangdise Mountains (also known as the Lunggar Mountains) deep in the Tibetan Plateau. It is one of 251 salt lakes in Tibet. It is divided into the northern (98 km²) and the southern (149 km²) sub-basins, which are linked by a narrow channel. [9] The southern part is semi-dry and appears white in satellite images.