2007-09-27 19:13:48 · 12 answers · asked by RAMAKRISHNA P 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The biggest mountain in the world is in Asia (Nepal, India, Tibet and Bhutan). The mountain is the Himalayans and its tallest peak is Mount Everest.
2007-09-27 19:25:54 · answer #1 · answered by Pelion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hawaii's Mauna Loa is the world's biggest mountain because Mt. Everest is only a single peak in an entire mountain range whereas Mauna Loa is a single mountain made of 5 volcanoes...
2007-09-28 02:22:49 · answer #2 · answered by Jackal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mauna Loa is the world's largest shield volcano.
The Himalayas stretch across six nations: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Himalayas are the source of three of the world's major river systems, the Indus basin, the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin and the Yangtze basin.
Approximately 2.4 billion people live in the drainage basin of the Himalayan rivers, among them the people of Bangladesh.
The Himalayas run, west to east, from the Indus river valley to the Brahmaputra river valley, thereby forming an arc 2,400 km long, which varies in width from 400 km in the western Kashmir-Xinjiang region to 150 km in the eastern Tibet-Arunachal Pradesh region.
The Himalaya chain consists of three parallel ranges, with the northern-most range known as the Great or Inner Himalayas.
By extension, it is also the name of the massive mountain system which includes the Himalaya proper, the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush, and a host of minor ranges extending from the Pamir Knot.
2007-10-02 00:36:50 · answer #3 · answered by H-niner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mount Everest is the tallest elevation on land, but it is only a single peak in an entire mountain range. Mauna Loa, a dormant volcano in Hawaii, is the biggest, and Mt McKinley is the largest from base to summit.
2007-09-28 02:25:58 · answer #4 · answered by Faerie_Queene3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're looking for the highest point on Earth, then it'll be Mt Everest in Nepal. If you're looking for the highest mountain from base to summit, it is Mauna Loa in Hawaii, because most of Mauna Loa is under the sea
2007-09-29 03:50:05 · answer #5 · answered by travel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mount Everest
2007-09-28 06:55:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mt Everest, Nepal. Very Snowy.
2007-10-01 22:44:41 · answer #7 · answered by Wesley Y 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the bottom of the Ocean - Mona Loa from base to peak is taller and bulkier. In Hawaii.
2007-09-28 02:17:41 · answer #8 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tallest is Mt. Everest. Not sure if it also the biggest.
2007-09-28 02:16:35 · answer #9 · answered by Signilda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many mountains that are bigger than mt.Everest. One is right next to Hawaii.
2007-09-28 11:01:26 · answer #10 · answered by zahra k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋