The Tibetan Plateau, often referred to as the "Water Tower of Asia", is crucial to the hydrological cycle, feeding major Asian rivers such as the Yangtze, Yellow River, Indus, and Ganges.

Their genetic code varies “significantly from modern East Asians,” researchers said in a May 29 news release from the Institute of ... “Nestled between the Tibetan Plateau, Southeast Asia, ...

Small areas of the Tibetan Plateau may have an outsize influence on East Asia’s climate by increasing spring rainfall by up to a quarter, researchers say. The Tibetan Plateau, often referred to ...