Roof of the World

English thumb|300px|a map of Central Asia from the Caucasus in the northwest, to Mongolia in the northeast. Etymology en Proper noun Roof of the World 1 The various high mountainous regions in Asia, consisting of Pamir, the Himalayas, Tibet and Mount Everest. en Rooftop of the World uncommon en Lora Bryning Redford; Nathan Goldstein Getting to know the northern Himalayas: Kashmir, Tibet, Assam 1964 Coward-McCann About the book New York https://archive.org/details/gettingtoknownor00redf/page/n9/mode/1up 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.” Translations the high mountainous regions in Asia Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 世界屋脊 shìjiè wūjǐ Danish: da Verdens Tag n, da verdens tag n Finnish: fi maailman katto French: fr toit du monde m German: de Dach der Welt n Hindi: hi Japanese: ja Korean: ko Portuguese: pt Romanian: ro acoperișul lumii n Russian: ru крыша мира Spanish: es Techo del Mundo m Further reading en Asia Mountains