Tibet is situated on the Tibet Plateau, which includes parts of neighboring Chinese provinces Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan. These areas used to be part of Tibet until Chinese rule.

At least nine people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, ...

Various schools flowed north and east, to China and Japan, but one, Vajrayana Buddhism, left its richest deposits on the Tibetan Plateau ... are teachers and icons, maps and billboards, propaganda ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

A new study has predicted an increase in landslide hazards in High Mountain Asia. The study authors linked higher emissions of greenhouse gases to the potential for higher risks from landslides.

to map the topography, thickness and volume of various valley glaciers in the Qilian Mountains in Gansu province. The area is part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the world’s highest and a source ...

The earthquake in Tibet not only caused significant destruction but also intensified concerns about the safety of the ...

Warming temperatures are causing the ground to sink across parts of the Arctic, and a new study is urging better monitoring ...

That it is a piece of critical geography is no secret. A sliver of land in north Bengal that lies at the confluence of ...

See the full-size Yunna, China Close-up Map. China’s Karst Landscape: A great swath of karst covers much of Yunnan Province’s eastern half. Here in the the East Mountain Plateau – located between Shi ...

In a recent move the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party approved formation of two new counties in the Hotan ...