A mountain range separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau, formed by the ongoing collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, a process that continues to raise the range today. It holds Earth's highest peaks, including Mount Everest on the Nepal-China border, and its glaciers feed the headwaters of several of Asia's major rivers, including the Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra.
Facts
Area (sq km) Highest Elevation (m)Height of Mount Everest, the range's highest peak, per the 2020 joint China-Nepal survey. Connections
Associated With
Annapurna's continental shelf was incorporated into the Himalayan Mountains by the India-Asia collision.
Source Annapurna (Wikipedia)
This source names China directly: "including Mount Everest on the Nepal-China border, and its glaciers feed the headwaters of several of Asia's major rivers, including the Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra."
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Karakoram is part of a complex of ranges that includes the Himalaya.
Source Karakoram (Wikipedia)
Source Kathmandu (Wikipedia)
Mount Everest, Landforms Everest sits on the crest of the Great Himalayas, the atlas own Himalayas landform entity.
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nepal, Countries Nepal occupies nearly one third of the 2,400 kilometer Himalayan range and is home to eight of the world's ten highest mountains.
Source Nepal (Wikipedia)
The Himalayas are raised by the ongoing continental collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates, a convergent boundary with neither plate dense enough to subduct.
Source Plate Tectonics (Wikipedia)
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Source Himalayas (Wikipedia)
Demonstrates
Shaped By
Steep relief, monsoon rainfall and frequent seismicity make the Himalayas one of the world's most landslide-prone mountain systems.
The ongoing collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates continues to raise the Himalayas through orogeny.
Source Orogeny (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Origin Of
Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.
Source CooksInfo: YakEncyclopaedia entry textQuote, Encyclopaedia entry text
Native to the Himalayas.
Sources
1. Himalayas (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata item Q5451Quote, Wikidata item Q5451
P31 mountain range, matched by enwiki sitelink title Himalayas
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica
3. Himalayas (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox coordinates
27°59′N 86°55′E / 27.983°N 86.917°E / 27.983; 86.917
Associated With: The Ganges, Introduction
the Ganges, and the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, rise in the vicinity of the Himalayas
View the Source National Geographic Atlas of the World
National Geographic Society, 2019
Wikidata: The Himalayas
Plate Tectonics (Wikipedia)
Nepal (Wikipedia)
Orogeny (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationShaped By: Orogeny, BodyQuote, Shaped By: Orogeny, Body
Orogeny takes place on the convergent margins of continents.
Kathmandu (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Kathmandu, Tourism sectionQuote, Associated With: Kathmandu, Tourism section
Tourism plays a vital role in the economy, with the city serving as a gateway to the Nepal Himalayas.
Annapurna (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Annapurna, Geology sectionQuote, Associated With: Annapurna, Geology section
The collision of India and Asia during the Himalayan orogeny incorporated this continental shelf into the Himalayan Mountains.
Karakoram (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Karakoram, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Karakoram, Lead section
part of a complex of ranges that includes the Pamir Mountains, Hindu Kush, and the Himalayas.
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