The Tibetan Plateau forms the headwaters environment where the Yellow, Yangtze, Mekong, Salween, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Sutlej and Indus rivers originate.

• 青藏高原是黄河、长江、湄公河、萨尔温江、雅鲁藏布江、恒河、萨特累季河、印度河等河流的发源地。