Over 3000 kilometres long, the Himalayas are China's real Great Wall.
喜马拉雅山脉的长度超过了3000千米,是中国真正意义上的长城。
With hundreds of peaks over 7,000 metres and 13 peaks higher than 8,000 metres, they are the highest mountains on Earth.
有上百个山峰的海拔超过了7000米,其中十三个的海拔超过了8000米,是地球上最高的山峰。
The Tibetan region contains over 35,000 glaciers that cover over 100000 square kilometres. They comprise the largest area of ice outside the polar regions and nearly a sixth of the world's total.
西藏地区有3万5千个以上的冰川覆盖了超过10万平方千米的土地,组成了除去极地之外的最大的冰区,接近世界冰区总面积的六分之一。
These glaciers are the source of most of the water in the region. And the Tibetan plateau is studded with glacial lakes. At over 4,500 metres up, Lake Manasarovar in the far west of Tibet is the highest freshwater lake in the world.
冰川是这个地区大部分水流的源头。青藏高原上镶嵌着众多冰冷的湖泊。坐落在西藏遥远西部海拔4500米处的玛旁雍错湖,是世界上海拔最高的淡水湖。