Himalayas
Sign in to saveThe Himalayas, or Himalaya, is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than 100 peaks exceeding elevations of above sea level lie in the Himalayas.
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The Himalayas are a massive mountain range in Asia that separates the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau and contains some of the world's highest peaks, including Mount Everest. With over 100 peaks reaching extreme elevations, the range represents one of Earth's most dramatic geographical features.
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Key facts
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- The arc of the Himalayas (also Hindu Kush and Karakorams) showing the eight-thousanders (in red); Indo-Gangetic Plain; Tibetan Plateau; rivers Indus, Ganges, and Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra; and the two anchors of the range (in yellow)
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- Countries
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- Continent
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- Asia
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- Mount Everest
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- 8848.86
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- Nepal, China
- Mountain.length_km
- 2400
- Mountain.age
- Cretaceous to Cenozoic
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- Alpine orogeny
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- Etymology
- Geography and key features
- Geology
- Hydrology
- Glaciers
- Lakes
- Climate
- Temperature
- Precipitation
- Winds
- Ecology
- Religions
- Resources
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- General
- Geography
- Geology
- Climate
- Ecology
- Society
- Pilgrimage and Tourism
- Mountaineering and Trekking
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The Himalayas, or Himalaya, is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than 100 peaks exceeding elevations of above sea level lie in the Himalayas.
The Himalayas span five countries: Nepal, India, China, Bhutan, and Pakistan. The sovereignty of the range in the Kashmir region is disputed among India, Pakistan, and China. The Himalayan range is bordered on the northwest by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, and on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Some of the world's major rivers, the Indus, the Ganges, and the Tsangpo–Brahmaputra, rise in the vicinity of the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home to some 600 million people; 53 million people live in the Himalayas. The Himalayas have profoundly shaped the cultures of South Asia and Tibet. Many Himalayan peaks are sacred in Hinduism and Buddhism. The summits of several—Kangchenjunga (from the Indian side), Gangkhar Puensum, Machapuchare, Nanda Devi, and Kailash in the Tibetan Transhimalaya—are off-limits to climbers.