The Himalayas contain 15 of the highest mountains in the world including Mount Everest, are formed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, and are home to diverse wildlife like snow leopards, blue sheep, and musk deer that live across its varying elevations and climates.

3. The word Himalaya means “abode of snow” in Sanskrit.
Himalayas are divided into 3 parts Himadri , Himachal and
Shiwaliks . The 15 highest mountains in the world are in
the Himalayas. The main ones are Mount
Everest, K2, Annapurna, and Nanga Parbat. Mount Everest
is the highest mountain on Earth, at 8,849 meters. Of the
fifteen highest mountain peaks in the World, nine are in
the Nepali Himalayas. Many of Asia’s most important rivers
have their sources in the Himalaya Mountains including the
Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra. The Himalaya contain the
world’s 3rd largest deposit of ice and snow on the planet.
Only the Antarctic and Arctic have more. Altogether, the
Himalaya is home to around 15,000 glaciers.

4. Geologically, the origin of the Himalayas is the
impact of the Indian tectonic plate. This travels
northward at 15 cm per year, and joined the Eurasian
continent about 40-50 million years ago. The
formation of the Himalayas resulted in the lighter
rock of the seabeds of that time being lifted up into
mountains. An often-cited fact used to illustrate this
process is that the summit of Mount Everest is made
of marine limestone. The Indian plate is still moving
north at 67 mm per year. The movement of the
Indian plate into the Asian plate also leads
to earthquakes from time to time.

5. The Himalayas are very popular for tourists because it has a lot
of wildlife. The types of plants and trees, which are common in
the place, are Oak, Pine, Fir, Rhododendron, Birch, Juniper, and
Deodar. Common animals, which are seen mostly in the different
parts of the Himalayas, are snow leopards, blue sheep, musk
deer, tigers, elephants, wild boar, and crocodiles.
Even endangered species of animals and plants are also found
there. In the north part of the Himalayas where the temperature
falls below freezing point, animals cannot survive well. During the
cold winters most of the animals migrate to the lower regions of
the Himalayas while others like the brown bear hibernate instead.
The Yak is mostly seen in the cold desert. They are like wild ox and
they are the largest animals in this region. In regions of Ladakh
animals like Nyan, the wild and the most largest sheeps are found.