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Climate Change on Tibetan Plateau

A construction team work in a monastery in the town of Sershul on the Tibetan Plateau, in western China. The town is home to a large monastery which houses thousands of monks. The Sanjiangyuan or Three Rivers Headwater region of western China contains the sources of the Yangtze, Mekong and Yellow Rivers.

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Contained in galleries: 3 Rivers - Asia's Threatened Headwaters [2012]

A construction team work in a monastery in the town of Sershul on the Tibetan Plateau, in western China. The town is home to a large monastery which houses thousands of monks. The Sanjiangyuan or Three Rivers Headwater region of western China contains the sources of the Yangtze, Mekong and Yellow Rivers.