Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
geographical region
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
Asia's Water Tower
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| gptkbp:area |
5 million square kilometers
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| gptkbp:contains |
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 |
| gptkbp:feedsRivers |
gptkb:Brahmaputra
gptkb:Ganges gptkb:Indus gptkb:Mekong gptkb:Yangtze gptkb:Yellow_River gptkb:Tarim Amu Darya Irrawaddy Salween Syr Darya |
| gptkbp:freshwaterReserves |
largest outside the Arctic and Antarctic
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| gptkbp:glaciers |
over 100,000
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Third Pole
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| gptkbp:importantFor |
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 |
| gptkbp:locatedIn |
High Mountain Asia
|
| gptkbp:majorCity |
gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Bhutan gptkb:China gptkb:India gptkb:Kazakhstan gptkb:Kyrgyzstan gptkb:Mongolia gptkb:Myanmar gptkb:Nepal gptkb:Pakistan gptkb:Tajikistan gptkb:Uzbekistan |
| gptkbp:population |
over 1.5 billion people
|
| gptkbp:studiedBy |
gptkb:Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:ICIMOD Third Pole Environment (TPE) program |
| gptkbp:threats |
climate change
pollution glacier retreat over-extraction of water |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Beijing_TV
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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