Gyokuju Plateau

Japanese: 玉樹高原 - ぎょくじゅこうげん
Gyokuju Plateau

…The Qilian Mountains are a parallel mountain range running east to west, consisting of the Lenglong Ridge and the Dabang Mountains. The Yushu Plateau in the southeast is a plateau that stretches northeast from Naqu in Tibet. It is made up of gentle hills and river valleys, and is the source of the Nujiang River and the Tianhe River basin upstream of the Yangtze River. It receives relatively high amounts of rain, and grasslands and wetlands are widely distributed. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Yushu Plateau" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…祁連山脈は冷竜嶺,ダバン(達坂)山などからなる東西走向の平行山脈である。南東部の玉樹高原はチベットのナッチュ(那曲)から北東にひろがる高原で,なだらかな丘陵と河谷盆地がつづき,怒江の源流部,長江(揚子江)上流通天河の流域にあたる。雨量も比較的多く,草原や湿草地が広く分布する。…

※「玉樹高原」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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