随着这些引水工程日益向国际而非内部河流集中 — — 特别是覆盖了喜马拉雅冰川区四分之三的青藏高原河流 — — 环境威胁也远远超出了中国国界。
With these water-diverting projects increasingly focused on international, rather than internal, rivers – in particular those in the Tibetan Plateau, which covers nearly three-quarters of the Himalayan glacier area – the environmental threat extends far beyond China’s borders.