2006-09-10 21:29:44 · 17 answers · asked by volga 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
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2006-09-10 21:34:54 · answer #1 · answered by VIKRAM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Himalayas are a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
The Himalayas stretch across six nations: Bhutan, People's Republic of China, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2006-09-10 21:31:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Himalayas, also Himalaya (Sanskrit for “abode of snow”), mountain system in Asia, forming a broad continuous arc for nearly 2,600 km (1,600 mi) along the northern fringes of the Indian subcontinent, from the bend of the Indus River in the northwest to the Brahmaputra River in the east. The Himalayas range, averaging 320 to 400 km (200 to 250 mi) in width, rises sharply from the Gangetic Plain. North of this mountain belt lies the Tibetan Plateau (Qing Zang Gaoyuan). The Himalayas form the earth’s highest mountain region, containing 9 of the 10 highest peaks in the world. Among these peaks are the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest (8,850 m/29,035 ft), which is on the Nepal-Tibet border; the second highest peak, K2 or Mount Godwin Austen (8,611 m/28,251 ft), located on the border between China and Jammu and Kashmīr, a territory claimed by India and Pakistan; the third highest peak, Kānchenjunga (8,598 m/28,209 ft) on the Nepal-India border; Makālu (8,481 m/27,824 ft) on the Nepal-Tibet border; Dhaulāgiri (8,172 m/26,811 ft) and Annapūrna 1 (8,091 m/26,545 ft) in Nepal; Nanga Parbat (8,125 m/26,657 ft) in the Pakistani-controlled portion of Jammu and Kashmīr; and Nanda Devi (7817 m/25,645 ft) in India.
The Himalayan mountain system developed in a series of stages 30 to 50 million years ago. The Himalayan range was created from powerful earth movements that occurred as the Indian plate pressed against the Eurasian continental plate. The earth movements raised the deposits laid down in the ancient, shallow Tethys Sea (on the present site of the mountains) to form the Himalayan ranges from Pakistan eastward across northern India, and from Nepal and Bhutan to the Myanmar (Burmese) border. Even today the mountains continue to develop and change, and earthquakes and tremors are frequent in the area.
2006-09-11 00:02:26 · answer #3 · answered by WA KKG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well Himalaya is a mountain range and most of its part in India. Except India its also in China, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan.
Himalaya is Hindi word and its means Him+alaya = a place full of ice and cold.
2006-09-10 21:39:28 · answer #4 · answered by SONI 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would add to the above answer.
The word himalaya has an Indian origin. So the Himalayas is usually assosiated with India.
If you are mentioning about Mount Everest, it is not in India. It is in Nepal.
2006-09-10 21:36:59 · answer #5 · answered by libranjiss 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Himalaya is a mountain range. it is present in the border of India and Nepal
2006-09-10 22:35:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Himalayan Mountrain Range is a mountain range that seperates the Indian sub continent from Central Asia. Large parts of the Himalayan mountain range lies in India.
However Mount Everest-the highest peak in the world lies in Nepal.
Hope I have been helpful!
2006-09-10 22:37:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In India and some part of it is in Nepal.
2006-09-10 21:35:58 · answer #8 · answered by Scoob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no only a part is in india
2006-09-10 22:24:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are in India, Pakistan, and i belive some parts of China, Kashmir, Tibet.
2006-09-11 00:01:15 · answer #10 · answered by Librarian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋