Question

The Tibetan plateau is origined by which process

Answer 1

The Tibetan Plateau (Tibetan: བོད་ས་མཐོ།, Wylie: bod sa mtho), also known in China as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau[1] or the Qingzang Plateau[2] (Chinese: 青藏高原; pinyin: Qīngzàng Gāoyuán) or Himalayan Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau in Central Asia[3][4][5][6] and East Asia,[7][8][9][10] covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai in western China, as well as part of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It stretches approximately 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) north to south and 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) east to west. With an average elevation exceeding 4,500 metres (14,800 ft), the Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called "the Roof of the World" because it stands over 3 miles above sea level and is surrounded by imposing mountain ranges that harbor the world's two highest summits, Mount Everest and K2, and is the world's highest and largest plateau, with an area of 2,500,000 square kilometres (970,000 sq mi) (about five times the size of Metropolitan France).[11] Sometimes termed the Third Pole, the Tibetan Plateau contains the headwaters of the drainage basins of most of the streams in surrounding regions. Its tens of thousands of glaciers and other geographical and ecological features serve as a "water tower" storing water and maintaining flow. The impact of global warming on the Tibetan Plateau is of intense scientific interest.[12][13][14][15]

Answer 2

Origination of Tibetan Plateau:

The Tibetan plateau is originated by the process of convergence of two continental plates.

Explanation:

• About 50 million years ago, the Indian plate converged into the Eurasian.
• As the Indian plate was lighter than the Eurasian plate, it began moving under the Eurasian plate.
• This action of the Indian plate caused the edge of the Eurasian plate to gradually rise over a long period of time.
• The edge of the Eurasian plate lifted up by the underlying Indian plate is known as Tibetan Plateau.