eastern Tibet

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Eastern Tibet is a high-altitude region on the eastern Tibetan Plateau characterized by rugged mountains, deep river gorges, and a mix of Tibetan and neighboring cultural influences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
high-altitude region
borders Qinghai
Sichuan Province
surface form: Sichuan

Yunnan Province
surface form: Yunnan

central Tibet
contains Hengduan Mountains
deeply incised river valleys
hasAverageElevation high altitude
hasBorderType mountainous frontier zone
hasClimate cold temperate highland climate
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Han Chinese culture
Qiang people
surface form: Qiang culture

Tibetan culture
Yi culture
hasEconomicActivity animal husbandry
herding of yaks
small-scale agriculture
hasEthnicGroup Tibetan people
surface form: Khampa Tibetans
hasFeature high biodiversity in river gorges
steep elevational gradients
hasLandUse pastureland
subsistence farming
hasLanguage Tibetan language varieties
hasPopulationDensity sparsely populated
hasReligion Bon traditions
Tibetan Buddhism
hasTerrain deep river gorges
rugged mountains
hasTraditionalRegionName Kham
hasTransportationRoute Sichuan–Tibet Highway
Yunnan–Tibet Highway
hasVegetation alpine meadows
coniferous forests
historicallyPartOf Kham region
knownFor Buddhist monasteries
nomadic pastoralism
remote highland settlements
locatedIn China
surface form: People's Republic of China

Tibet Autonomous Region
surface form: Tibet
locatedOn eastern Tibetan Plateau
partOf Tibetan Plateau
seismicallyActive true
traditionalInhabitants Tibetan people
surface form: Tibetans
traversedBy Mekong River upper reaches
Salween River
surface form: Salween River upper reaches

upper Yangtze River region
surface form: Yangtze River upper reaches

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Transhimalaya extendsAcross eastern Tibet
Yalong River isLocatedInGeographicalRegion eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: eastern Tibetan Plateau
Bayan Har Mountains partOf eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: northeastern Tibetan Plateau
Bayan Har Mountains partOf eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: eastern Tibetan Plateau orogen
Qiangic languages geographicDistribution eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: eastern Tibetan Plateau
Hengduan Mountains partOf eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: Southeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau
Taktser, Amdo, Tibet locatedInHistoricalRegion eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: Amdo region of Tibet
Taktser, Amdo, Tibet historicallyPartOf eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: traditional Tibetan region of Amdo
Middle Way Approach toward Tibet-China relations appliesTo eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: Tibetan areas in Sichuan
Middle Way Approach toward Tibet-China relations appliesTo eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: Tibetan areas in Gansu
Southwest China contains eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: eastern Tibetan Plateau
Putao nearBorderWith eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: Tibet region
Lohit River sourceRegion eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: Tibet region
Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture locatedIn eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: eastern Tibetan Plateau