Rivers
The many high mountain peaks on Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau are the source of many of Asia's great rivers. Some merge and become great rivers flowing into the sea, while others empty into inland lakes. Rivers from the southeast include the Yangtze and Yellow rivers and the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River known as the Tongtian River, Garmalequ, Shiquan, Yarlung Tsangpo and Nyang Rivers and Lancang rivers. To the north are rivers that begin in glaciers and flow into inland lakes or dry inland basins.
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