Tibet Autonomous Region
Map of Tibet Autonomous Region
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Height
828 m (2720 ft), 1500 m (4920 ft), 2000 m (6560 ft), 2500 m (8200 ft), 3000 m (9840 ft), 3750 m (12300 ft), 4750 m (15580 ft), 5500 m (18040 ft), 6000 m (19690 ft), Max altitude 8781 m (28810 ft)Permanent snow and iceWinter snow (approximate)
Height from west to east in Tibet Autonomous Region
Height from south to north in Tibet Autonomous Region
1Salween2 232 to 4 641 m2Yarlung2 954 to 4 759 m3Maquan4 065 to 4 920 m
Natural Earth · GEBCO 2026 Grid · Lakes: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0) · This product incorporates data from the GDW database © Global Dam Watch (2024) · Names: GeoNames (CC BY)
Basic Information
Capital City: Lhasa
Population: 3,648,100 (Wikidata, 2020)
Area: 1,228,400 km² / 474,288 sq mi
Created: 1965
Subdivisions: 7
Geography
Highest Elevation Point: Mount Everest (8 849 m), the highest point of China
Lowest point: 828 m
Borders
- Nepal — Southwest
- Bhutan — Southeast
- Arunachal Pradesh — Southeast
- Himachal Pradesh — West
- Uttarakhand — West
- Sikkim — Southeast
- Kachin State — Southeast
- Yunnan — Southeast
- Qinghai — Northeast
- Sichuan — East
- Xinjiang — North