The Golmud-Lhasa section of Qinghai-Tibet railway line is 1,142 kilometers long, with 960 kilometers of it sitting at 4,000 meters above sea level. The protection of the fragile ecosystem ...
Permafrost, a unique geological phenomenon found in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and other high-altitude cold regions, ...
In a paper published in National Science Review, a Chinese team of scientists present patterns of mercury accumulation in ...
The Chinese government first decided to extend the railway to Lhasa in the 1950s with the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway ... An extensive permafrost environment also required a long ...
This insane railway station is the highest in the world, sitting at a whopping height of 16,627 above sea level.
If you’re coming in (or heading out to) Tibet too, please note that Xining is also connected to Lhasa, Tibet via the Qinghai-Tibet railway or Qingzang railway.