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The fourth International Limit Challenging Race of Winter Swimming across Yellow River started in China`s Qinghai Province Sunday.
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The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the third most important Tibetan religious head, Tuesday called on China and India to help save its environment.
Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 11:10
Yangtze - the world`s third longest river - located in China, is at least 23 million years old, an international team of scientists has found.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 24, 2013, 16:39
It is well understood that the collision between India and Eurasia led to the formation of the Tibetan Plateau that has an average elevation of 5 km and a much thickened crust.
Last Updated: Friday, August 17, 2012, 19:16
The rise of one of the highest and flattest places on the planet – the Tibetan Plateau, in China’s Sichuan province, began much earlier than thought, a new study has suggested.
Last Updated: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 13:22
China has conducted a massive military exercise in the high altitude Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, close to disputed borders with India.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 23, 2011, 10:00
Glaciers in southwest China`s Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, a key source of major rivers in this country and those in the Indian subcontinent, are melting "faster than ever" under the influence of global warming.
Last Updated: Monday, September 5, 2011, 10:03
The temperature increase on the Tibetan plateau is twice the global average.
Last Updated: Monday, October 5, 2009, 11:50
Scientists have determined that glaciers in the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau are melting faster because of the effects of clouds of soot from diesel fumes and wood fires.
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