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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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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.
Where are the Himalayan Mountains?
First of all, it's Himalaya, not Himalayan. This is a very common mistake. The correct context for "Himalayan" would be in the following sentence, "What is the tallest Himalayan mountain?"
To answer the question: the Himalaya Mountains are fold mountains, which happens when two plates of the earth's crust collide with each other (in this case the Indian plate collided with the Asian plate) and literally fold the earth's crust. And that is why Mount Everest is still growing a few millimeters every year.
A range of mountians, containing Mt. Everest, located in Asia.
How many people visit the Himalayas mountains?
The use of the Himalayas is to look at one of the most beautiful mountains in Asia. It is also used to do skiing, snowboarding and also to hike the mountain
Why there is snow fall on Himalayas?
I believe that the reason they are covered with snow is because of how high the elevation they have.
How is the name 'Himalaya' derived?
Mount Everest was discovered by a man named Sir George Everest, which is where it gets its name from.
People In Nepal call the Mount Everest "Sagarmatha" and people in Tibet call the mountain Chomolangma or Qomolangma
How are Himalayas useful to us?
The Himalayas are so important because they are almost like a barrier for India. the protect India from the rainfalls and provide the country witha lot of useful sources.
The Himalayas are important to the Hindus because they are protecting the country in many ways, e.g:protecting from the floods.
What is the width of the Himalayas?
Lifted by the collision of the Indian tectonic plate with the Eurasian Plate, the Himalayan range runs north west to south east in a 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) long arc. The range varies in width from 400 kilometres (250 mi) in the west to 150 kilometres (93 mi) in the east.
Do people climb the Himalayas?
Mountaineers climb and walk on Mount Everest. Most of the route is hard walking up steep slopes. There are some sections where the climber will need to climb over and up rocks or boulders.
What are the effects of the Himalayas?
Seeing as the Himalayas are a very wide, elephantine mountain range in between India and Nepal, day to day life is changed. You can't go through a mountain, can you? No. Seeing as climbing mountains in this mountain range has proved extremely difficult, you must find a way around them. This was more important back in the days of simple transportation (no airplanes!), but many villagers living around these mountains have to find ways to hunt the indigenous animals and live in that environment. Think: big rock. Little human. Huh.
