I've posted about Tibet several times on this blog. I found this interesting post via Facebook:
Showing posts with label Tibet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tibet. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
China turns down India's proposal for joint mechanism on Brahmaputra - The New Indian Express
I feel a connection to the Brahmaputra River. In 1995, my husband and I visited Assam and even took a rafting trip on one of the Brahmputra's tributaries. In 1998, I had the privilege of going to Tibet, where I traveled along the Yarlung Tsangpo River, as the river is known in its upper reaches. Water issues concerning the river basin have since been of interest to me.
As I wrote in a previous post, Brahma Chellaney dedicated a whole chapter on the Tibetan Plateau in his book Water: Asia's New Battleground. He also discussed China's unwillingness to participate in transnational water commissions or international agreements. It should come as no surprise then that China turns down India's proposal for joint mechanism on Brahmaputra.
The Ganges Brahmaputra River Basin area was created from the data set Hydrological basins in Southeast Asia.
The majority of the linework of the map was obtained by delineating drainage basin boundaries from hydrologically corrected elevation data with a resolution of 15 arc-seconds. The elevation dataset was part of a mapping product, HydroSHEDS, developed by the Conservation Science Program of World Wildlife Fund. Original input data had been obtained during NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Areas north of the SRTM extent, 60 degrees N, were obtained by merging with the HYDRO1k basin layer.
You may download a JPEG, PDF, or ArcMap document of the Ganges Brahmaputra River Basin.
As I wrote in a previous post, Brahma Chellaney dedicated a whole chapter on the Tibetan Plateau in his book Water: Asia's New Battleground. He also discussed China's unwillingness to participate in transnational water commissions or international agreements. It should come as no surprise then that China turns down India's proposal for joint mechanism on Brahmaputra.
The majority of the linework of the map was obtained by delineating drainage basin boundaries from hydrologically corrected elevation data with a resolution of 15 arc-seconds. The elevation dataset was part of a mapping product, HydroSHEDS, developed by the Conservation Science Program of World Wildlife Fund. Original input data had been obtained during NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Areas north of the SRTM extent, 60 degrees N, were obtained by merging with the HYDRO1k basin layer.
You may download a JPEG, PDF, or ArcMap document of the Ganges Brahmaputra River Basin.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Tales from River Brahmaputra
Namaste,
I'm only on page 60, and Tales from River Brahmaputra by Tiziana Baldizzoni is already proving to be a better book than Rivers of India. It has a superior pressing and stunning photos. It's easy to overlook the text, which is filled with lore about the Brahmaputra.
It seems to be a little thin on the coverage of the river's course through India.
Reproductions of antique maps are provided on the back side of the front and back covers.
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Monday, April 21, 2008
IndianExpress.com :: Why Tibet matters
From IndianExpress.com (via the IndiaPride mailing list) comes an excellent column by Sonia Jabbar on Why Tibet matters.
She cites two reasons why Tibet is important to India.
The first reason is that Tibet has preserved the knowledge that disappeared from India after the Muslim sacking of Nalanda and other centers of Buddhist education. This is an important consideration for this blog, which promotes conservation of India's heritage, be it natural or cultural, tangible or intangible.
The second reason is that India has treaty obligations with Tibet that she inherited from Great Britain when India became independent. As Ms. Jabbar notes, "... when two countries have concluded an agreement between them, China has no locus standi as a third country. A sovereign state is one that negotiates and sign treaties with other states. Once a state exists it cannot simply be wished away simply because another nation has invaded it."
The Brahmaputra Watershed from Watersheds of the World: Asia and Oceania
Ms. Jabbar further notes, "... one should be aware that China controls the headwaters of many Indian rivers that originate in the Tibetan platea." There have been longstanding concerns that China is planning to divert waters from the Brahmaputra to the Yellow River.
She cites two reasons why Tibet is important to India.
The first reason is that Tibet has preserved the knowledge that disappeared from India after the Muslim sacking of Nalanda and other centers of Buddhist education. This is an important consideration for this blog, which promotes conservation of India's heritage, be it natural or cultural, tangible or intangible.
The second reason is that India has treaty obligations with Tibet that she inherited from Great Britain when India became independent. As Ms. Jabbar notes, "... when two countries have concluded an agreement between them, China has no locus standi as a third country. A sovereign state is one that negotiates and sign treaties with other states. Once a state exists it cannot simply be wished away simply because another nation has invaded it."
The Brahmaputra Watershed from Watersheds of the World: Asia and Oceania
Ms. Jabbar further notes, "... one should be aware that China controls the headwaters of many Indian rivers that originate in the Tibetan platea." There have been longstanding concerns that China is planning to divert waters from the Brahmaputra to the Yellow River.
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