In digesting Tibet's different regions, it's important to know a few things. First, there's a distinction between Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region (also referred to as the TAR). Tibet is situated ...

Topographic map of the Tibetan Plateau. Major rifts in south-central Tibet are labeled. The arrow indicates the Indian plate motion. The circles are intermediate-depth earthquakes (>=70 km, unusually ...

correctionThe map accompanying an earlier version of this story misidentified the location of the Amdo region of Tibet. It has been updated. For as far as the eye could see, thousands of white tents ...

When I was in fifth grade, my geography teacher assigned us a project: draw a map of a region of the world that wasn’t defined by political borders. Most of my classmates picked islands or places ...

A General Map Comprizing China, Chinese-Tartary & Tibet drawn from the Paricular Maps of the Jesuits together with the countries between Kashgar and the Caspian Sea laid down according to the Oriental ...