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Himalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains is a mountain range in Asia that separates the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. Together, the Himalayan mountain system is the highest in the planet and is home to the highest peaks in the world, the eight-thousanders including K2 and Mount Everest.
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How many kilometres is the Himalayas?
The Himalaya Mountains cover around 600 miles of land.
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What makes the Himalayas unique?
The Himalayas contain the tallest mountain in the world: Mount Everest. Also, it divides up Asia and it's sub continent (India). The Himalayas were formed when two tectonic plates collided into each other.
What is the shape of the Himalayas?
pretty mountains in the nepalion range these are very cool moutains
Totally 6 mountain ranges are there,from West to East as follows: *Karakoram range
*Ladakh Range
*Zaskar Range
*Pir panjal Range
*Dhuola Dhar Range
*Mahabharat Range
How long is the mountain ranges the Himalayas and the Andes?
The Andes is the longest continental mountain range in the world. The Andes range is about 7,000 km (4,300 miles) long, about 200 km (120 miles) to 700 km (430 miles) wide (widest between 18° south and 20° south latitude), and of an average height of about 4,000 metres (13,000 feet).
The himalaya mountains contain many of these faults?
You would find a combination of strike-slip and thrust faults. This is what gives the mountain range the jagged look.
How the great Himalayas were formed?
The Himalayas were formed through a process of Convergent Plate Boundaries colliding together. The Indo-Australian and Eurasian plate collided together, to be specific.
What was the Himalayas lowest temperature?
The temperature at the summit of Mount Everest never rises above freezing, averaging -32F (-36C) in winter and -2F (-19C) in summer. The wind chill, sometimes blowing a gale at an hundred miles per hour will make it feel very much colder too.
What mountain range forms the borders between India and china?
The mountain chain that forms a barrier between India and Tibet is the Himalayas. The highest point of the Himalayas is Mount Everest.
How have the Himalayas affected the development of culture?
The himalayas affect development of culture in south and east Asia by being protection. Most people would not dare cross the mountains to attack the civilizations on the other side. This is just a guess so I would double check but it seems pretty logical to me.:)
What type of plate collision is producing the Himalayas?
The Himalayas are found at a convergent plate boundary also known as a subduction zone where one plate slips under the other driving the land mass up.
How are the Himalayas and the Alps alike?
The Andes, Himalayas, Appalachian mountains are similar because they are all mountain ranges.
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What from of plate tectonic movement formed the Himalayas?
The Himalayas were formed by the collision of the Eurasian plate (continental) and the Indo-Australian plate (continental).
How did the Himalayas the rivers and deserts effect the early China civilization?
I'm try'n to figure this out myself!
What is the mountain Himalayas climate?
The climate of the Himalayas is:
Mainly summer and winter (summers average: 30 Degrees Celsius and winters average: 18 Degrees Celsius.
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What are the bad things about the Himalayas?
It's a dangerous place, being so high. Altitude sickness can kill. Avalanches can kill. Falling stones can kill. The cold can kill. None of this is a problem for people being able to keep away. But for people who can't resist the challenge of climbing the world's highest mountain, these things are NASTY.
Is the Himalayas the highest mountaians?
The Himalayas or Himalaya is a mountain range in the Indian subcontinent, which separates the Indo-Gangetic Plain from the Tibetan Plateau. Geopolitically, it covers the Himalayan states and regions. This range is home to nine of the ten highest peaks on Earth, including the highest above sea level, Mount Everest.
The Himalayas are home to the brown bear, the Tibetan blue bear, the wolf, the wild fox, the hill fox, the Marco Polo sheep, the great Tibetan sheep, the ibex goat, the markhor goat, and the wild goat.
