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Tibet in space

Seven regional orientation points

These approximate city and regional centers help place the magazine’s stories. The map has no drawn province or terrain geometry; places without reviewed coordinates remain in the linked list below.

Tibet Autonomous Region
Lhasa Shigatse Shannan Nyingchi Chamdo Nagqu Ngari

North is up. Points show broad city or regional centers, not entrances or navigation coordinates.

These published places do not yet have reviewed representative coordinates. They remain linked here without a map point.

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Yadong Valley

Nine rain gauges tracked premonsoon rainfall along Yadong Valley; the study separately describes afternoon and nighttime monsoon peaks across the high central Himalaya.

A 2019 field report follows a market day in Yadong through crowded shops, traveling sellers from Lhatse and a former caravan path on the mountain.

Satellite view of Yadong County and the Himalayan valley corridor
A view from orbit of the mountain terrain surrounding Yadong County.

Yadong Valley

Yadong’s Forested Valleys

Nine rain gauges tracked premonsoon rainfall along Yadong Valley; the study separately describes afternoon and nighttime monsoon peaks across the high central Himalaya.

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  1. A view from orbit of the mountain terrain surrounding Yadong County.Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domain Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗