The Himalayan mountain range was formed after the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collided around 50 million years ago. How does their movement continue to impact the region?
Tibet, February 2 (ANI): An earthquake of 4.2 magnitude on Richter Scale jolted Tibet on Sunday, National Center of Seismology reported. As per NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10km, making ...
The Dolpo-pa, a semi-nomadic ethnic group of Tibetan descent, inhabit 24 villages in this region. It’s a remote, rugged bit of the Himalaya with few trees, but the trail is mostly well-marked.
According to Chinese state media, there have been 29 earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.0 or higher near Shigatse, Tibet’s second-largest city, in the last five years. Such seismic activity is common in ...
India is building a giant hydropower dam near the Siang river to counter a huge Chinese dam further north. But this latest move in a tit-for-tat saga of water geopolitics between the two nations ...