The meadows in this region of Tibet are in the path of the monsoon rains and are wetter than the other upland areas of the Tibetan Plateau.

Precipitation is lower in the northwest, and hence the vegetation thins from shrub to meadow or even desert.

Chinese provinces covered by the Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows include the alpine parts of eastern Tibet Autonomous Region, the alpine parts of western and northern Sichuan, extreme southern and eastern Qinghai, and the montane areas of southern Gansu.

Human activity is fairly high as the Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows provide grazing areas for domestic animals such as yak.

[4][5] Influenced by the Asian monsoon, he Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows experience seasonal climatic variation.