Describe the Himalayan mountain system.
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The Himalayas include over fifty mountains exceeding 7,200 m (23,600 ft) in elevation, including ten of the fourteen 8,000-metre peaks. ... Lifted by the subduction of the Indian tectonic plate under the Eurasian Plate, the Himalayan mountain range runs west-northwest to east-southeast in an arc 2,400 km (1,500 mi) long.
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The Himalayas include over fifty mountains exceeding 7,200 m (23,600 ft) in elevation, including ten of the fourteen 8,000-metre peaks. ... Lifted by the subduction of the Indian tectonic plate under the Eurasian Plate, the Himalayan mountain range runs west-northwest to east-southeast in an arc 2,400 km (1,500 mi) long.
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The Himalayas constitutes an imposing crescent-shaped mountain range extending for over 2500 km from the south of the Indus Valley beyond Nanga Parbat in the west to Namcha Barwa in the east. The range varies in width from 350 km in the west to 150 km in the east. The majestic mountain chain showing prominent southward convexity stands like a wall bordering the entire northern margin of the Indian Subcontinent.Geomorphologically, the most unique feature of the Himalayas is the soaring height it attained, crowned with many of the Earth's premier snow-covered peaks, including 10 of the 14 over 8000 m peaks in the world.
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