[DOC] [TLE] Geography of China - Wikipedia [PAR] China has great physical diversity. The east and south of the country consists of 
fertile lowlands ... Compared with the rest of the area of China, here live the most 
Chinese .... and highest plateau in the world, also known as the "Roof of the 
World. ... China has undertaken extensive flood control and conservation 
measures. [DOC] [TLE] The railway across the roof of the world | World news | The Guardian [PAR] Sep 20, 2005 ... Others, however, view China as the nation most capable of extending the ... 
further across the Qinghai plateau, certainly not one all the way to Tibet. ... of 
track on a line stretching to Lhasa, across the roof of the world. ... "This is a highly 
strategic project that seeks to tighten Beijing's control over Tibet and will... [DOC] [TLE] The Railway Across The Roof Of The World - YaleGlobal Online [PAR] Sep 21, 2005 ... Others, however, view China as the nation most capable of ... line any further 
across the Qinghai plateau, certainly not one all the way to Tibet. ... "This is a 
highly strategic project that seeks to tighten Beijing's control over Tibet and will ... 
Set in rolling green hills just south of Xining and famed as the home of... [DOC] [TLE] China Guide - China Geography - China Circulation Travel Service [PAR] The BohaiSea is China's continental sea, while the Yellow, East China and ... 
The proportion of various landforms is as follows: Mountains, 33%; plateaus, 26%
; ... elevation of more than 4,000 meters and known as "the roof of the world". ... 
Most notably, the Penghu islands of the Straits are the strategic point of the sea 
route. [DOC] [TLE] Mountains & Monasteries Trip Notes | Intrepid Travel AU [PAR] From the capital of China, travel across the vast Tibetan Plateau, through ... The 
train to the roof of the world on Day 3 takes place at high altitude, ... insight into 
the nation's ancient past, as well as sights that showcase China's contemporary 
culture. ... Notes: As Beijing as so much to offer, arriving a few days early to give 
you... [DOC] [TLE] Snow Cover Distribution, Variability, and Response to Climate ... [PAR] of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Chinese 
Academy of ... of the western China snow cover is consistent with increasing 
snowfall, but is in ... represents potentially the most serious impact to agri- ... was 
acclaimed as the Roof of the World. .... After the strict quality control the station 
point. [DOC] [TLE] 'Always and everywhere the mystic sense of a community with ... [PAR] Nov 4, 2015 ... In 1947, Sir John Pratt documents his grand journey across China. ... steppe 
were under the direct control or supervision of the Chinese Government. .... the 
Mekong and the Salween, all rise in Tibet, the Roof of the World, 'a huge .... 
rolling uplands of loess-the fine wind-borne loam which covers the earth to... [DOC] [TLE] Geography of Chinese Civilization Armand Kenneth - Scribd [PAR] The western half of China is a region of sunken basins, rolling plateaus, and ... 
Pearl River. more than 1. the Yangtze River.000 to 1. covers 2. ... It is the highest 
and largest plateau on earth and is popularly called "roof of the world". ... In the 
east.800 natural lakes with total area more than 80. with most Chinese rivers... [DOC] [TLE] 0. Cover.pmd - Journal of Democracy [PAR] Richard Roll & John R. Talbott on Economic Development. Pierre du Toit ... 
turned the roof of the world into a Chinese colony, Tibet was a feudal realm run 
by... [DOC] [TLE] Briefing: deforestation and desertification | China Dialogue -  [PAR] 200677 ... China faces a major battle to revive its degraded and denuded land, writes ... The 
United Nations has declared 2006 as the International Year of ... On the Qinghai-
Tibet plateau (the roof of the world), glaciers are ... Yang Weixi, the chief 
engineer of China's Desertification Control

Question: A rolling plateau covers much of this Chinese-controlled nation, the "Roof of the World"
Answer: Tibet