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Three Dimensional Differentiation of Natural Zonation

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Mountain Geoecology and Sustainable Development of the Tibetan Plateau

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Abstract

With its highest elevation, unique physical environment and rule of spatial differentiation, the Tibetan Plateau is a gigantic géomorphologie region on the earth. As a result of high elevation and large area, the type, characteristics and natural historical process of physical landscapes on the plateau are quite different from those of lowlands at the same latitudes as well as high latitudinal regions. In consequence, it has been labeled as high hierarchic regional unit, being one of the three largest physical regions in China. Comparable studies on altitudinal belt, some unique geo-ecological phenomena, physical regional differentiation and ecogeographical regional system of the Tibetan Plateau are dealt with in this chapter.

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Du, Z. (2000). Three Dimensional Differentiation of Natural Zonation. In: Zheng, D., Zhang, Q., Wu, S. (eds) Mountain Geoecology and Sustainable Development of the Tibetan Plateau. GeoJournal Library, vol 57. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0965-2_3

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