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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:geographical_region
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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Asia's Water Tower
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gptkbp:area
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5 million square kilometers
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:Tibetan_Plateau
gptkb:Altai_Mountains
gptkb:Himalayas
gptkb:Pamir_Mountains
gptkb:Qinghai-Tibet_Plateau
gptkb:Karakoram_Range
gptkb:Kunlun_Mountains
gptkb:Qilian_Mountains
gptkb:Tien_Shan
Hindu Kush
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gptkbp:feedsRivers
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gptkb:Brahmaputra
gptkb:Ganges
gptkb:Indus
gptkb:Mekong
gptkb:Yangtze
gptkb:Yellow_River
gptkb:Tarim
Amu Darya
Irrawaddy
Salween
Syr Darya
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gptkbp:freshwaterReserves
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largest outside the Arctic and Antarctic
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gptkbp:glaciers
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over 100,000
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gptkbp:importantFor
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gptkb:nature_reserve
supports agriculture
supports tourism
supports fisheries
supports hydropower
critical for Asian water security
regulates Asian climate
supports cultural heritage
supports ecosystems
supports forests
supports glaciers
supports grasslands
supports groundwater
supports lakes
supports livelihoods
supports mountain communities
supports permafrost
supports river systems
supports snow cover
supports wetlands
supports wildlife
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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High Mountain Asia
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gptkbp:majorCity
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gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Bhutan
gptkb:China
gptkb:India
gptkb:Kazakhstan
gptkb:Kyrgyzstan
gptkb:Mongolia
gptkb:Myanmar
gptkb:Nepal
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Tajikistan
gptkb:Uzbekistan
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gptkbp:population
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over 1.5 billion people
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gptkbp:studiedBy
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gptkb:Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:ICIMOD
Third Pole Environment (TPE) program
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gptkbp:threats
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climate change
pollution
glacier retreat
over-extraction of water
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Beijing_TV
gptkb:Mark_Synnott
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Third Pole
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