Explanation – The HKH region stretches 3,500 kilometres and spans eight countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. It is considered the Third Pole (after the North and South Poles) and contains the largest volume of ice and snow outside of the Arctic and Antarctica. The HKH region is the source of ten large Asian river systems: the Amu Darya, Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Salween, Mekong, Yangtse, Yellow River, and Tarim. The basins of these rivers provide water to 1.9 billion people, a fourth of the world's population.
Explanation – The HKH region stretches 3,500 kilometres and spans eight countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. It is considered the Third Pole (after the North and South Poles) and contains the largest volume of ice and snow outside of the Arctic and Antarctica. The HKH region is the source of ten large Asian river systems: the Amu Darya, Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Salween, Mekong, Yangtse, Yellow River, and Tarim. The basins of these rivers provide water to 1.9 billion people, a fourth of the world's population.
