10 lines of Himalayas in English
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1) The name Himalaya is derived from Sanskrit Himā-laya; himá meaning “snow” and ā-laya meaning “dwelling”.
2) The Himalayas separate the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan plateau.
3) The mountain range has many of Earth’s highest peaks including Mount Everest.
4) Over 50 mountains in the Himalayan Range have height exceeding 7,200 m in elevation.
5) The Himalayan range is 2,400 km long and is the sixth-longest mountain range in the world.
6) The width of the Himalayan range decreases from 350 Kms to 150 Kms, moving from west to east respectively.
7) The Himalayas inhabits 52.7 million people from Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
8) The Himalayas are one of the youngest fold mountain ranges in the world.
9) The Himalayan range is mainly consisting of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
10) The Himalayas hold the third-largest deposit of ice and snow in the world.
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10 Importance point on Himalayas :-
1. Himalaya constitutes of two words Hima means snow and Alaya's means dwelling.
2. The highest mountain in the world Mount Everest age is situated in Himalaya range.
3. The Himalayas has three ranges Greater Himalayas, Middle Himalaya and lesser Himalaya.
4. The Length of the Himalaya is 2400 km long.
5. Many important rivers come out of the great mountain range like Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra.
6. Many countries are part of Himalaya, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and China.
7. Himalaya act as a barrier for Manson winds which led to rain is called orographic rain.
8. The Himalayan ranges is the result of the motion of Tectonic Plates movement and it is an active range growing at the rate 20 mm per year.
9. Mount Kailash is sacred for the Hindus.
10. Global warming is a thread to the Himalayas which led to melting of glaciers.
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