the
youngest
mountain
ranges
in
the
world
.
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The
Himalayas
pass
through
India
,
Pakistan
,
2
Geological
tests
confirm
that
this
range
is
still
rising
by
3
The
Himalayan
range
has
approximately
15,000
glaciers
.
At
72
kilometres
give
respect
to
Colonel
George
Everest
,
Surveyor
General
of
India
from
1830
43 The Mighty Himalayas
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China, Bhutan and Nepal.
approximately
per year.
Glacier is the largest in the world outside
long, the
the polar region.
The Himalayas are home to the third largest ice deposits in the world, after
the Arctic and the
5 Mount Everest was named by
a British army officer to
to 1843
were
6 Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer
the first people to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, the highest peak,
in 1953.
7 Himalayan peaks popular for climbing include the K2.
Kanchenjunga, Lahotse and
8 The Himalayas are often called the
Antarctica
Dhaulagiri
Sir Andrew Waugh root of the world
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The word 'Himalaya', means 'abode of snow in Sanskrit in Nepal, it is
called Sagarmatha, meaning 'forehead in the sky The Tibetans call it
Chomolungma, meaning 'Mother Goddess of the universe
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