The Himalayas stretch across the northeastern portion of India. They cover approximately 1,500 mi (2,400 km) and pass through the nations of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Bhutan and Nepal.
The traditional definition of the Himalaya, sensu stricto, is that great range of mountains that separates India, along its north-central and northeastern frontier, from China (Tibet), and extends between latitudes 26o20' and 35o40' North, and between longitudes 74o50' and 95o40' East.
Upon surfing the web, here are 7 other interesting facts I found about the Himalayas besides their ginormous size of course.
Third Pole Of The Earth. ...
Himalayas Are The Youngest. ...
Home Of Snow That Never Melts. ...
They Are Still Growing. ...
Himalayas Feed 20% Of The Earth's Population. ...
Mount Kailash - Pilgrimage Site For 4 Religions.
The Himalayas save our country from the cold and dry winds of Central Asia. They also prevent the monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean from crossing over to Northern countries and cause heavy rainfall in Northern India. Many rivers have their sources in the Himalayan ranges.This immense mountain range began to form between 40 and 50 million years ago, when two large landmasses, India and Eurasia, driven by plate movement, collided. Because both these continental landmasses have about the same rock density, one plate could not be subducted under the other.
Rising at the border of Tibet and Nepal, Mount Everest formed from a tectonic smashup between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates tens of millions of years ago. The collision crumpled the landscape, raising mountains along some 1,5000 miles, a range we know as the Himalaya.
Mount Everest is not an active volcano. It is not a volcano but a folded mountain formed at the point of contact between the Indian and Eurasian...
The Great Himalayas or Greater Himalayas or Himadri is the highest mountain range of the Himalayan Range.[1][2] The world's highest peak, Mount Everest, as well as other "near−highest" peaks, such as Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, and Nanga Parbat, are part of the Greater Himalayas range. The total west to east extension of the Great Himalayas is 2400 km (1500 miles) and their average elevation is 6000 m (20000 ft.).
The Eastern Himalayas extend from eastern Nepal across Northeast India, Bhutan, the Tibet Autonomous Region to Yunnan in China and northern Myanmar. The climate of this region is influenced by the monsoon of South Asia from June to September.[1] It is a biodiversity hotspot, with notable biocultural diversity.[2The Main Himalayan Ranges are as follows:
Pir Panjal Range (part of middle Himalayas)
Dhauladhar Range madya himalaya.
Zanskar Range.
Ladakh Range.
East Karakoram Range.
Mahabharata range (middle Himalayas in Nepal)
Duns are longitudinal valleys created when the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate collided as a result of folding. Among lesser Himalayas and shiwaliks, they are formed. The valleys are accumulated with coarse alluvium passed down by Himalayan rivers. Examples of duns include kotli dun, dehra dun and patli dun.
Some of the world's major rivers, the Indus, the Ganges, and the Tsangpo–Brahmaputra, rise in the vicinity of the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home to some 600 million people; 53 million people live in the Himalayas
Physical characteristics
The most characteristic features of the Himalayas are their soaring heights, steep-sided jagged peaks, valley and alpine glaciers often of stupendous size, topography deeply cut by erosion, seemingly unfathomable river gorges, complex geologic structure, and series of elevational belts (or zones) that display different .
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