Tibetan Plateau (IMAGE)

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Tibetan Plateau

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Lakes, glaciers, and major river basins on the Tibetan Plateau. Endorheic basins are shown in light purple and exorheic basins in light yellow. Bar plots show TWS changes (TWSC) for each basin (only basins with TWS trends ≥ 1.0 Gt/yr are shown) during 2002‒2017, estimated from the GRACE JPL-M solution. Blue bars represent mass gain in TWS, whereas red bars represent mass loss, and bar size represents the magnitude of TWS changes (Gt/yr). Specific values for TWS changes are shown in each basin.

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Courtesy: Penn State, Tsinghua University

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