1.   A western route will channel waters flowing off the Tibetan plateau into the upper stretches of the Yellow River, now so overused that it often runs dry.

2.   But opponents said that Beijing is less interested in helping poor people than in securing its historic claim to areas on the Tibetan plateau.

3.   China long asserted some form of sovereignty over the Tibetan plateau, but actual control of the area varied through the centuries.

4.   From March to June of each year, wind currents slash down from Siberia and collide with northbound airflows from the Tibetan plateau.

5.   I have envisioned that the entire Tibetan plateau should become a free refuge where humanity and nature can live in peace and harmonious balance.

6.   Neither perception, most scholars say, accurately reflects the unique culture that flourished, and still struggles to survive, on the high-altitude Tibetan plateau.

7.   Taken together with those on the neighboring Tibetan plateau, they represent the largest body of ice on the planet outside the polar regions.

8.   They are in neighboring provinces that include large areas of the vast Tibetan plateau.

9.   This not only endangers human and animal lives but also adversely affects the fragile environment of the Tibetan plateau.

10.   An antelope found only on the high, desolate Tibetan plateau has been hunted by poachers to the verge of extinction, a Chinese government report said Thursday.