Brace yourself, as you get ready to unravel the geographic secrets of Tibet. Surrounded by vast plains, Tibet is also known as the Forbidden City. 

Take a look at the map of Tibet.

Despite being under-developed, Tibet has vast rural plains flunked across the plateau. It extends more than 800 miles from west to east at an average elevation of 15,000 feet above sea level.

The Plateau of Tibet is a prime source of water for Central Asia. The Indus River, known in Tibet as the Shih-ch'üan Ho (in Tibetan, Sênggê Zangbo: "Out of the Lion's Mouth"), has its source in western Tibet near Mount Kailas, a mountain sacred to Buddhists and Hindus.

Although Tibetans refer to their country as Gangs-ljongs or Kha-ba-can ("Land of Snows"), the climate is generally dry, and most of Tibet receives only 18 inches (460 millimetres) of rain and snow annually.

Besides its benevolent and humble living class, Tibet is encased by animals and mystiques of wildlife.

Tibet was traditionally divided into three regions, or Chol-kha-gsum (Chol-kha means "region"; gsum means "three"). The Dbus-Gtsang region stretches from Mnga'-ris skor-gsum at the border of Jammu and Kashmir to Sog-la skya-bo near the town of Sog.