Write a short note on -The Himalayas.
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The Himalayas is one of the youngest fold mountains in the world and it is a major mountain system of the Asian continent. It extends from Pamir knot in Tajikistan to the east and in India from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh. It is not a single mountain range but consists of many parallel ranges.
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The Himalayas are a mountain range in South Asia. The 15 highest mountains in the world are in the Himalayas. The main ones are Mount Everest, Annapurna, and Nanga Parbat. Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, at 8,849 meters. Of the fifteen highest mountain peaks in the World, nine are in the Nepali Himalayas.
The word "Himalaya" means House of Snow in Sanskrit, an old Indian language. The Himalayas are so high that they kept the Indian and Chinese people separate from each other most of the time.