The top highest roads in the world, offering rugged terrain, high-altitude passes, and access to remote cultural and natural ...

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While commercial planes are not specifically banned from flying over the Himalayas, there's an unsettling reason why they ...

The Tibetan Plateau, with its average elevation of 14,800 ... In the light of an in-flight emergency, having accessible airports or flat terrain for emergency landings is also important.

The Tibetan Plateau, also known as the "Roof of the World ... In the light of an in-flight emergency, having accessible airports or flat terrain for emergency landings is also important.

Credit: USGS/NASA/Landsat 7 This image, showing tidal flats and channels on Long Island ... have resulted in greater aridity of the Tibetan Plateau, and drying up of the lakes.

Southwestern parts of China, Nepal and northern India are often hit by earthquakes caused by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, which are pushing up an ancient sea that is now ...

Archaeologists have discovered 4,800-year-old relics in the earliest known lakeside settlement in Tibet, officially the ...