Himalayan mountain range

Himalayan mountain range (also known as himayas and Himalaya) is a mountain range located in Asia. Himalayan mountain range is home to many of world's highest peak like mount Everest and another mountain ranging higher than 7,200 m(23,600 feet). Himalayan mountains separat the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

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Continet	Asia
Length	2,400km (1500 mi)
Countries	Afghanistan Tajikistan Pakistan India China Nepal Bhutan Myanmar

Himalayan mountain range is home for approximately 52.7 million peoples.

The Himalayan mountain range are the source for the Indus, the Yangtze and the Ganga-Brahmaputra. All three are major river systems for the continent of Asia. The main rivers sourced are the Ganges, Indus, Yarlung, Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, and Nujiang.

The Himalayan mountain range are the third largest deposit of ice and snow in the world, after Antarctica and the Arctic. There are approximately 15,000 glaciers located throughout the range. At 48 miles (72 km) in length, the Himalayan Siachen glacier is the largest glacier outside the poles.

Facts

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1. The Himalayan mountains are the result of tectonic plate motions that collided India into Tibet.
2. They are one of the youngest mountain range on planet earth.
3. Himalayan mountain range is the 6th largest mountain range in the world.
4. Himalayan mountain range is the heighest mountain range on Earth.