Roof of the World

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the Roof of the World

  1. The various high mountainous regions in Asia, consisting of Pamir, the Himalayas, Tibet and Mount Everest.
    Synonym: Rooftop of the World (uncommon)
    • 1964, Lora Bryning Redford, Nathan Goldstein, “About the book”, in Getting to know the northern Himalayas: Kashmir, Tibet, Assam, New York: Coward-McCann:
      In between, we travel on a luxurious houseboat in “Happy Valley,” the famed Vale of Kashmir, as well as visit the “Chang Thang,” the desolate plains of Tibet, sometimes called “the roof of the world.”

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