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Situated in southwest China, the '''Qinghai-Tibet Plateau''' ('''青藏高原''') is the largest plateau in China, covering 2.5 million square km, or nearly a quarter of the national total land area. It is also the highest plateau on earth, and is known as the "roof of the world." <br />
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As it is surrounded and traversed by several snow-capped mountain ranges, like the Kunlunshan, Qilianshan, Hengduanshan and the Himalayas, which abound in glacier, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is where many of China's major rivers originate.<br />
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The high-speed rail network will extend into the plateau as a route linking Xinjiang with inland is scheduled to start running through Qinghai Province in December 2014.<br />
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The train will run at a speed from 200 km/h to 250 km/h on the plateau, reducing the travel time between Qinghai capital Xining and Gansu capital Lanzhou to one hour. <br />
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