- 青藏高原 Qīng Zànggāoyuán Tibetan PlateauQinghai-Tibetan plateau
- 黄土高原 Huángtǔ Gāoyuán Loess PlateauLoess Plateau of northwest China
- 云贵高原 Yún Guìgāoyuán Yunnan-Guizhou PlateauYunnan-Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering eastern Yunnan, all of Guizhou, western Guangxi, and the southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei, and Hunan
- 帕米尔高原 Pàmǐ'ěr Gāoyuán the Pamirsthe Pamirs, a highland region in Central Asia
- 鄂尔多斯高原 è'ěrduōsī Gāoyuán Ordos PlateauThe Ordos Plateau, a highland region in Inner Mongolia, China.
- 高原岩鹨 gāoyuányánliù Altai accentorAltai accentor (Prunella himalayana)
- 掸邦高原 Shànbānggāoyuán Shan PlateauShan plateau of east Myanmar (Burma)
- 东缅高原 Dōng Miǎngāoyuán Eastern Myanmar plateau
- 高原反应 gāoyuánfǎnyìng altitude sicknessA physiological condition caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitudes, also known as acute mountain sickness.
- 高原山鹑 gāoyuánshānchún Tibetan partridge(bird species of China) Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)