short note on himalays
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The 15 highest mountains in the world are in the Himalayas. ... The main ones are Mount Everest, K2, Annapurna, and Nanga Parbat. The word "Himalaya" means House of Snow in Sanskrit. The Himalayas form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
Great Himalayas
MOUNTAIN RANGE, ASIA
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Alternative Titles: Great Himalaya Range, Higher Himalayas, Himadri
Great Himalayas, also called Higher Himalayas or Great Himalaya Range, highest and northernmost section of the Himalayan mountain ranges. It extends southeastward across northern Pakistan, northern India, and Nepal before trending eastward across Sikkim state (India) and Bhutan and finally turning northeastward across northern Arunachal Pradesh state (India); throughout nearly all of its length it adjoins to the north the southern Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The range’s total length is some 1,400 miles (2,300 km), and it has an average elevation of more than 20,000 feet (6,100 metres). The Great Himalayas contain many of the world’s tallest peaks, including (from west to east) Nanga Parbat, Annapurna, Mount Everest, and Kanchenjunga.
