countries with most area above 1000m elevation (incomes, live)

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by hnmtman

Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xinjiang, and Xizang all have area on the Tibetan Plateau.

Tibet and Uyghurstan are not part of China.
Qinghai is debatable.

[smool]

China has more montane areas than anywhere else in the world.

The Tibetan Plateau, Himalayas, Tien Shan, Karokoram, Hengduan, Altai, Altyn Tagh, Kinghan, to name a few (there are 69 in all), producing 46,000 glaciers.

2/3 of China is non-arable, mostly because of the mountains:


www.zonu.com

An elevation map here - anything orange / brown is above 1000m:


http://depts.washington.edu

It's like making the Continental US into the Rockies/ Appalachians, and leaving Alaska for the low areas.

[danielsa1775]

Originally Posted by Davy-040

Not even 20% of the Tibetan Plateau = China.

That depends entirely on the legal status of Tibet as an Independent Country.

[Davy-040]

Just take a look at the maps of the Zhou/Han/Jin/Sui dynasty (1046 BC - 618)

[Davy-040]

or the maps of the Song/Ming dynasty (960 - 1644)

[hnmtman]

Originally Posted by danielsa1775

I beg to differ unless, you include Tibet as an Independent Country.

http://www.yowangdu.com/wp-content/u...teaumap_lg.jpg

exactly what i was thinking... anyways, i dont want to argue politics... ive been living in the middle kingdom for nearly a decade, and ive formed my own opinion regarding the tibet/china contradiction. suffice to say, i dont want to bring this type of discussion onto my thread.

Thanks for the info smool, would you perhaps know how to get hard numbers on that fact im surprised nobody thinks the usa would qualify, by the way. all of colorado, lots of wyoming, montana, arizona, utah, nevada, california, washington, idaho, oregon, and alaska would qualify... not sure about the eastern states though.

[hnmtman]

Originally Posted by Davy-040

or the maps of the Song/Ming dynasty (960 - 1644)

ming dynasty (1368-1644), for one... but thats all history, what matters is the present.

now, please, i dont want to hear any more about tibet in my thread unless it pertains to my original question.

[Davy-040]

China = the Land East where the two major rivers, Yellow and Yangtze almost come together.

[hnmtman]

Originally Posted by Davy-040

China = the Land East where the two major rivers, Yellow and Yangtze almost come together.

Youre being stubborn... We all know thats not the case TODAY. how about we just look at any MODERN map? Hmmmm, whats labeled as China? Oh ya, Tibet, your so called Uyghurstan, and lots more!...

Take your hippy free Tibet stuff out of my thread, ok?

BRB USA doesnt even exist since the Native Americans lived there and white Americans come from Europe...

[hnmtman]

Originally Posted by Davy-040

China = the Land East where the two major rivers, Yellow and Yangtze almost come together.

Wanted to point out one more thing about your map, which is that it is completely incorrect even from your standpoint, since it doesnt even include the Yellow River areas between Luoyang and Kaifeng which is where Chinese society first emerged from...