There is no altitude sickness in Guizhou! Will there be altitude sickness when you go to Tibet?

Guizhou also has a plateau, that is, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, but its altitude is not very high: it is between 4 and 35 meters. The reason why there is altitude sickness in Tibet is that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is generally between 3 and 5 meters above sea level, with an average altitude of more than 4 meters. Therefore, going to Tibet is naturally prone to altitude sickness, while going to Guizhou generally does not have altitude sickness.

1. Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau

Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau includes the eastern part of Yunnan Province, the whole province of Guizhou, the northwestern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the borders of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan provinces, and it is the intersection of two groups of mountains running north-south and northeast-southwest in China, with high terrain in the northwest and low terrain in the southeast. Roughly divided into Yunnan Plateau and Guizhou Plateau with Wumeng Mountain as the boundary, the altitude is between 4 and 35 meters.

2. Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest plateau in China and the highest in the world. It is called the "Roof of the World" and "roof of the world", starting from the southern edge of the Himalayas in the south, reaching the northern edges of Kunlun Mountain, Altun Mountain and Qilian Mountain in the north, Pamir and Karakorum Mountain in the west, and connecting with the western part of Qinling Mountain and Loess Plateau in the east and northeast.

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is about 2,8 kilometers long from east to west, 3-1,5 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of about 2.5 million square kilometers. Topographically, it can be divided into six parts, including northern Tibet Plateau, southern Tibet Valley, Qaidam Basin, Qilian Mountains, Qinghai Plateau and Sichuan-Tibet alpine valley, including all Tibet in China and parts of Qinghai, Xinjiang, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan, as well as Bhutan, Nepal, India and Yunnan.

The natural and historical development of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is extremely young, influenced by many factors, forming the highest and youngest natural geographical unit in the world, which is closely combined with horizontal zonality and vertical zonality. The annual average temperature in the hinterland of the plateau is below ℃, and the average temperature in the warmest month in large areas is also below 1℃. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is generally between 3, and 5, meters above sea level, with an average elevation of more than 4, meters. It is the birthplace of many great rivers in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. There are many lakes on the plateau, including Namtso and Qinghai Lake.