The Tibetan Plateau, also known as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau or the Qing–Zang Plateau or as the Himalayan Plateau in India, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South and East Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region, most of Qinghai, western half of Sichuan, Southern Gansu provinces in Western China, southern Xinjiang, Bhutan, the Indian regions of Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti as well as Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, northwestern Nepal, eastern Tajikistan and southern Kyrgyzstan. It stretches approximately 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) north to south and 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) east to west. It is the world's highest and largest plateau above sea level, with an area of 2,500,000 square kilometres (970,000 sq mi). With an average elevation exceeding 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) and being surrounded by imposing mountain ranges that harbor the world's two highest summits, Mount Everest and K2, the Tibetan Plateau is often referred to as "the Roof of the World".
The Qinghai–Tibet railway or Qingzang railway, is a high-elevation railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Hoh Xil or Kekexili, is an isolated region in the northeastern part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. On July 7, 2017, the Hoh Xil in Qinghai was listed among the World Heritage Sites as "the largest and highest plateau in the world".
The Tanggula, Tangla, Tanglha, or Dangla Mountains are a mountain range in the central part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Tibet. Administratively, the range is in the Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, with the central section extending into the Tanggula Town and the eastern section entering the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai province.
Hymenobacter algoricola is a species of bacteria first isolated from Victoria Upper Glacier, Antarctica on basal ice. It is a psychrotolerant, heterotrophic aerobe. It is notable for the prevalence of horizontal gene transfers in its evolution, possibly due to dormancy because of its habitat.
Hymenobacter is a Gram-negative and non-motile bacterial genus from the family Hymenobacteraceae.
Hymenobacter arizonensis is a rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus Hymenobacter which has been isolated from biological soil crusts at the Colorado Plateau in the United States.
Hymenobacter kanuolensis is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, radiation-resistant and non-motile bacterium from the genus Hymenobacter which has been isolated from soil from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Tibet in China.
Hymenobacter koreensis is an extremely halophilic and aerobic bacterium from the genus Hymenobacter which has been isolated from a salt mine in Wensu County in China.
Hymenobacter norwichensis is a bacterium from the genus Hymenobacter which has been isolated from air from the Centre for Visual Arts in the United Kingdom.
Hymenobacter qilianensis is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacterium from the genus Hymenobacter which has been isolated from the permafrost region of Qilian Mountains in China.
Hymenobacter saemangeumensis is a Gram-negative, extremely halophilic and non-motile bacterium from the genus Hymenobacter which has been isolated from a salt mine in Wensu County in China.
Hymenobacter tibetensis is an UV-resistant bacterium from the genus Hymenobacter which has been isolated from the Qinghai-Tibet plateau in China.
Hymenobacter xinjiangensis is a radiation-resistant, Gram-negative, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus Hymenobacter which has been isolated from sand from the desert of Xinjiang in China.
Streptomyces lacrimifluminis is a bacterium species from the genus of Streptomyces which has been isolated from soil near the Tuotuo River from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from China. Streptomyces lacrimifluminis produces antibacterial compounds.
Hymenobacter glacieicola is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus Hymenobacter which has been isolated from glacier ice from the Muztagh Glacier from the Tibetan Plateau in China.
Hymenobacter monticola is a Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus Hymenobacter which has been isolated from mountain soil in Sichuan in China.
Chryseobacterium psychrotolerans is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacteria from the genus Chryseobacterium which has been isolated from the permafrost of the Tianshan Mountains.
Hymenobacter frigidus is a Gram-negative, psychrophilic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Hymenobacter which has been isolated from the ice core of the Muztagh Glacier from the Tibetan Plateau.
Mucilaginibacter psychrotolerans is a psychrotolerant, Gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of Mucilaginibacter which has been isolated from the Riganqiao peatlands from the Tibetan Plateau.
