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(/ˌhɪməˈleɪ.ə/ or /hɪˈmɑːləjə/)
(aka ‘himalaya’)
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(the himalayas form a ‘mountain range’ in ‘asia’ separating the ‘plains’ of the ‘indian subcontinent’ from the “tibetan plateau”)
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(the ‘himalayan range’ has many of the earth’s highest peaks, including the ‘highest’ (‘mount everest’)
(the ‘himalayas’ include over 50 mountains exceeding ‘7,200 meters’ (or ‘23,600 feet’) in ‘elevation’, including 10 of the 14 “8000-meter peaks”)
(by contrast, the highest peak outside ‘asia’ (‘aconcagua’ in ‘the andes’ – is ‘6,961 meters’ (or ‘22,838 feet’) tall)
(the ‘himalayan range’ is bordered on the ‘northwest’ by the ‘karakoram’ and ‘hindu kush’ ranges, on the ‘north’ by the ‘tibetan plateau’, and on the ‘south’ by the ‘indo-gangetic plain’)
(the ‘himalayas’ are distinct from the other ‘great ranges’ of ‘central asia’, although sometimes the term ‘himalaya’ is loosely used to include the ‘karakoram’ and some of the other ‘ranges’)
(the ‘himalayas’ are spread across 5 countries: ‘india’ / ‘nepal’ / ‘bhutan’ / ‘china’ / ‘pakistan’, with the first 3 countries having sovereignty over most of the ‘range’)
(some of the world’s major rivers, the ‘indus’, the ‘ganges’, and the ‘tsangpo-brahmaputra’, rise in the ‘himalayas’, and their ‘combined drainage basin’ is home to roughly ‘600 million people’)
(the ‘himalayas’ have profoundly shaped the cultures of ‘south asia’; many ‘himalayan peaks’ are sacred in ‘hinduism’ and ‘buddhism’)
(lifted by the subduction of the ‘indian tectonic plate’ under the ‘eurasian plate’, the ‘himalayan mountain range’ runs (‘west-northwest’ to ‘east-southeast’) in an arc ‘2,400 kilometers’ (or ‘1,500 miles’) long)
(its western anchor (‘nanga parbat’) lies just ‘south’ of the ‘northernmost bend’ of ‘indus river’)
(Its eastern anchor (‘namcha barwa’) is just ‘west’ of the ‘great bend’ of the ‘tsangpo river’)
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(the ‘range’ varies in ‘width’ from ‘400 kilometers’ (or ‘250 miles’) in the ‘west’ to ‘150 kilometers’ (or ’93 miles’) in the ‘east’)
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