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Wen Zhanhai. In the impression of many people, China is rich in resources. However, due to geographical differences, the country's resources are actually seriously unevenly distributed, especially the distribution of water resources. According to reports, the most abundant water resources in the country are not the eastern coast, but the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau located in the western part of the motherland, although this is somewhat "contrary to common sense", but according to the survey and statistics of the Ministry of Resources in 2021, the total water resources of Sichuan and Tibet, where the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is located, reached 733.2 billion tons, accounting for nearly 1 4 of the country.
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Therefore, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is also known as the "reservoir of Asia", because the local water resources are mainly meltwater from snow-capped mountains, which is very precious surface fresh water. How to make good use of this huge water resources and improve the lives of the people on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is our major mission, so China has built hundreds of reservoirs on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to make better use of water resources.
According to the latest report of India's **theprint, the Indian side accused China of building reservoirs on the Brahmaputra River, the Senge Zangbo River, the Langchen Zangbo River and other rivers that originate in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and flow through India downstream, slandering this move as controlling "water resources in South Asia". India has even hysterically claimed that China's infrastructure on the Tibetan Plateau has led to global warming and the melting of Himalayan glaciers. However, India has not been able to produce any evidence, just a one-sided "shrew scolding the street".
The Brahmaputra River flows through India, but it does not mean that all the water comes from the Tibetan Plateau).
Not only that, India has even wishfully tried to win over China's neighboring countries, clamoring for China's water conservancy projects on the plateau to be brought under so-called "international management". You must know that in addition to flowing in China, the rivers originating in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau also cover India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan and other countries, but this does not mean that these countries have the right to unilaterally interfere in the water conservancy projects of rivers in China. Of course, around the world, downstream countries and upstream countries will negotiate river water projects, but this does not mean that all upstream countries are obliged to accept the "supervision" of downstream countries.
Moreover, even India itself does not recognize and respect this idea, and India and Pakistan signed the Indus Water Treaty more than 60 years ago to share the water resources of the two countries. Now, however, India is building the Shahbulkandi Dam on the Ravi River, which flows through the two countries, despite Pakistan's opposition, and with the completion of this dam, India can cut off the water of Pakistan's "River of Life" at any time. Why didn't India allow Pakistan to "manage the dam internationally"?
Some Indians are able to make such "confusing" remarks, I wonder if it is because they drink too much water from the Ganges).
Not only that, from a geographical point of view, the water of the rivers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is mainly snow-capped meltwater, India is located on the west side of the Himalayas, and is affected by the warm current of the Indian Ocean all year round, with a warm climate and abundant rainfall. The proportion of glacial meltwater in Indian rivers is small, and the main water is brought by rainfall in India. As a result, the dams on the Tibetan Plateau have little impact on the flow of rivers in India, and India's clamoring for "international management" of these dams on the Tibetan Plateau is nothing more than an attempt to show the influence of an "international power" and take the opportunity to show a tough attitude towards China.