Landforms
The Himalayas
Commonly said him-uh-LAY-uh in English. The name is a Sanskrit compound, hima (snow) plus alaya (abode): abode of snow.
Also Known As Himalaya
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A mountain range separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau, formed by the ongoing collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, a process that continues to raise the range today. It holds Earth's highest peaks, including Mount Everest on the Nepal-China border, and its glaciers feed the headwaters of several of Asia's major rivers, including the Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra.
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Area (sq km) Highest Elevation (m)Height of Mount Everest, the range's highest peak, per the 2020 joint China-Nepal survey. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names China directly: "including Mount Everest on the Nepal-China border, and its glaciers feed the headwaters of several of Asia's major rivers, including the Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra."
Mount Everest, Landforms Everest sits on the crest of the Great Himalayas, the atlas own Himalayas landform entity.
Nepal, Countries Nepal occupies nearly one third of the 2,400 kilometer Himalayan range and is home to eight of the world's ten highest mountains.
The Himalayas are raised by the ongoing continental collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates, a convergent boundary with neither plate dense enough to subduct.
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Steep relief, monsoon rainfall and frequent seismicity make the Himalayas one of the world's most landslide-prone mountain systems.
The ongoing collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates continues to raise the Himalayas through orogeny.
Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. National Geographic Atlas of the World
National Geographic Society, 2019
3. Himalayas (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox coordinatesQuote, Infobox coordinates
27°59′N 86°55′E / 27.983°N 86.917°E / 27.983; 86.917
3. Himalayas (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The Ganges, IntroductionQuote, Associated With: The Ganges, Introduction
the Ganges, and the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, rise in the vicinity of the Himalayas
Plate Tectonics (Wikipedia)
Nepal (Wikipedia)
Orogeny (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationShaped By: Orogeny, BodyQuote, Shaped By: Orogeny, Body
Orogeny takes place on the convergent margins of continents.
Kathmandu (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Kathmandu, Tourism sectionQuote, Associated With: Kathmandu, Tourism section
Tourism plays a vital role in the economy, with the city serving as a gateway to the Nepal Himalayas.
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