The three great uplifts of the Qinghai/Tibet Plateau destroyed the pattern of river systems in the late Pliocene to the early Pleistocene.
ðə θɹˈiː ɡɹˈeɪt ʌplˈɪfts ʌvðə kˈɪŋhaɪ slˈæʃ tɪbˈɛt plætˈoʊ dᵻstɹˈɔɪd ðə pˈætɚn ʌv ɹˈɪvɚ sˈɪstəmz ɪnðə lˈeɪt plɪˈoʊsiːn tə ðɪ ˈɜːli plˈɛstoʊsˌiːn.