As a whole, the system forms the watershed between rivers flowing to the Indian Ocean – the Indus, Brahmaputra and Salween and their tributaries – and the streams flowing into the undrained salt lakes to the north.3 The “river region” is characterised by fertile mountain valleys and includes the Yarlung Tsangpo river (the upper courses of the Brahmaputra) and its major tributary, the Nyang river,. [...] It is also the world’s highest plateau, with the average elevation in Tibet so high, more than 4,000 m above the sea level, rightfully earning the sobriquet “The Roof of the World.” It is one of the most bio-diverse regions of the world with the rarest medicinal plants, the highest number of living primates on the earth and scores of bird, mammal, amphibian, reptile, fish and plant species not fou. [...] The the other party has relevance and urgency of taking a holistic view to walk the extra needs no further emphasis, especially in the light mile in order to of the recent friction between India and China accommodate the over differences in interpretation of the border, former’s inflated resulting, recently, in a 19-km incursion in the demands. [...] The widespread riots which started in 1956, culminated in the respective policies and the escape of the Dalai Lama to India in 1959.38 The ultimate goal of the Tibetan freedom movement would be to make the people of Tibet pursue their traditional way of life in Tibet. [...] APPENDIX A The Agreement of the Central People’s Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet Following is the agreement between the Central People’s Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet:- 1.
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