Question

Define the great Himalayan mountains

Answer 1

•The Himalaya Mountains span some 2500 kilometers/1565 miles through northern India, Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan.
•Nine of the world’s ten highest peaks are located here, including Mt. Everest.

•The word Himalaya means “abode of snow” in Sanskrit.
•Many of Asia’s most important rivers have their sources in the Himalaya Mountains including the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra.
•The Himalaya contain the world’s 3rd largest deposit of ice and snow on the planet. Only the Antarctic and Arctic have more.
•Altogether, the Himalaya is home to around 15,000 glaciers.

•Probably the most popular reason people go to Tibet and Nepal is to see the world’s highest and most spectacular mountain range.
-No trip to Tibet or Nepal is complete without seeing the Himalayas, particularly
•Mt. Everest is something about looking out to the world’s highest peaks that just can’t be described….it needs to be experienced!
• Mount Everest is located on the border between Tibet and Nepal in the Himalayas in Asia.





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