Publication Name

A L T A Y M O U N T A I N S

The Hindu Kush Himalayan region

T a r b a g a t a y R a n g e

H a n g a y n M o u n t a i n s

K A Z A K H S T E P P E

A l a t a w M o u n t a i n s

BETPAQDALA DESERT

Junggar Basin

B o r o h o r o M o u n t a i n s

QIZILQUM DESERT

MONGOLIAN PLATEAU

Karatau Range

T I A N S H A N

G O B I D E S E R T

C H I N A

TARIM BASIN

F e r g a n a V a l l e y

Q U I L I A N M O U N T A I N S H e x i C o r r i d o r

AMUDARYA

A l t u n M o u n t a i n s

TARIM

TAKLIMAKAN DESERT

GARAGUM DESERT

YELLOW RIVER

PAMIRS

Q a i d a m B a s i n

Westerlies

K U N L U N M O U N T A I N S

Loess Plateau

K A R A K O R A M

H I N D U K U S H

P a r o p a m i s u s R a n g e

Y a n g t z e

K ABUL

I SLAMABAD

Salt Range

Vale of Kashmir

A FGHANISTAN

P L A T E A U O F T I B E T

S u l a i m a n R a n g e

P AKISTAN

Siwalik Hills H I M A L A Y A S N EPAL

Margo Desert Rigestan

C H I N A

INDUS

YANGTSE

I n d u s

Central Bruhui Range

Tsangpo Gorge

N EW D ELHI

BRAHMAPUTRA

Dalou Mountains

K ATHMANDU

B HUTAN

THAR DESERT

C e n t r a l M a k r a n

B r a h m a p u t r a

Kirthar Range

G A N G E S P L A I N G a n g e s

N a g a H i l l s

Arvalli Range

GANGES

Khasi Hills

YUNGUI PLATEAU

Indus Delta

Elevation Metres

I r r a w a d d y

D HAKA

C h i n H i l l s

C h o t a N รค g p u r P l a t e a u

Ganges Delta Sundarbans

V i n d h y a R a n g e

0 1 000 3 000 6 000

S a t p u r a R a n g e

Kathiawar Peninsula

SHAN PLATEAU

B ANGLADESH

IRRAWADDY

MEKONG

I N D I A

N AYPYIDAW SALWEEN

Hindu Kush Himalayas Major river basin

EASTERN GHATS

Arakan Yoma

A N N A M I T E R A N G E

S a l w e e n

DECCAN PLATEAU

M YANMAR

V IENTIANE

W E S T E R N G H A T S

Khorat Plateau

I n d i a n m o n s o o n

INDOCHINA PENINSULA

M e k o n g

Irrawaddy Delta

Central Highlands

P HNOM P ENH

Myeik Arch.

Laccadive Islands

Andaman Islands

Mekong Delta

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