The Himalaya form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. By extension, Himalayas 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. The name “Himalaya” means “the abode of snow” in Sanskrit. A mountain system of south-central Asia extending about 2,400 km (1,500 mi) through Kashmir, Northern India, Southern Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan. The Himalayas include nine of the world’s ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest and K2. 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.

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2. About Himalaya
The Himalaya form a mountain range in Asia separating
the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan
Plateau. The name “Himalaya” means “the abode of
snow” in Sanskrit. A mountain system of south-central
Asia extending about 2,400 km (1,500 mi) through
Kashmir, Northern India, Southern Tibet, Nepal and
Bhutan. The Himalayas include nine of the world’s ten
highest peaks, including Mount Everest and K2. Some of
the world’s major rivers the Indus, the Ganges and the
Brahmaputra rise in the Himalayas and their combined
drainage basin is home to roughly 600 million people.

4. Features
• High Altitude
• Steep Gradient
• Complex Geological Structure
• The Himalayan range is one of the youngest
mountain ranges on the planet.
• The Himalaya region is dotted with hundreds
of lakes.
• Snow Capped Summits

6. Origin
• Upliftment in Phase
• Due to continental collision or orogeny
• Multiple ranges due to long phase of pushing.
• Convex shape towards south

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8. Building Process
• Plate Tectonics
• Process still going on
• One more fracture has appeared in the outer
fringes of Shiwalik.
• JCB- Operating from different direction

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10. Issues
• Unsustainable Resource Generation
• Deforestation
• Soil Erosion
• Floods
• The Third Pole
• Geo-politics

12. Lakes
The Himalayan Region is dotted with hundreds
of lakes.
• Tilicho Lake in Nepal
• Pangong Tso located in border of India and
China
• Yamdrok Tso in Tibet
• Shey Phoksundo National Park of Nepal
• Gurudongmar Lake in North Sikkim

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