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This chapter tabulates statistics of thermal springs in Tibet Autonomous Region, west Sichuan Province and southwest Yunnan Province. There are different opinions concerning the amount of thermal springs in Tibet. According to “national standard”, it is only 304; Considering low annual temperature at plateau, it could be more than 600. According to preliminary statistics in this book, the amount of thermal springs in Tibet is 645, in which 223 spas lack on-the-spot investigation. The west Sichuan is eastern end of Qingzang Plateau, where there are 334 thermal springs, in which 34 spas lack of temperature and water chemical data.
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Liao, Z. (2018). General Survey of Thermal Springs of Qingzang Plateau and Its Surrounding Areas. In: Thermal Springs and Geothermal Energy in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and the Surroundings. Springer Hydrogeology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3485-5_4
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