GREAT HIMALAYAS

• Himalayas is largest mountain range in asia, separating Indian subcontinet from the tibetan plateau.It contain world's highest peak, Eight-thousanders, which include Mount Everest and K2. whereas the Himalayan system includes over 100 mountains exceeding 7,200 meters (23,622 feet).
• It extend to six countries Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Some of the world's major rivers, the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, and the Yangtze.
• The Himalayan range encompasses about 15,000 glaciers, which store about 12,000 km3 of freshwater. The 70 km long Siachen Glacier at the India-Pakistan border is the second longest glacier in the world outside the polar region.
• Some of the other more famous glaciers include the Gangotri and Yamunotri (Uttarakhand), Nubra, Biafo and Baltoro (Karakoram region), Zemu (Sikkim) and Khumbu glaciers (Mount Everest region).
• The Himalaya region is dotted with hundreds of lakes. Most lakes are found at altitudes of less than 5,000 m, with the size of the lakes diminishing with altitude.The largest lake is the Pangong Tso, which is spread across the border between India and Tibet. It is situated at an altitude of 4,600 m, and is 8 km wide and nearly 134 km long.
• IMPACT ON CLIMATE:
• The Himalayas have a profound effect on the climate of the Indian subcontinent and the Tibeta plateau. They prevent frigid, dry Arctic winds blowing south into the subcontinent, which keeps South Asia much warmer than corresponding temperate regions in the other continents. It also forms a barrier for the monsoon winds, keeping them from traveling northwards, and causing heavy rainfall in the Terai region. The Himalayas are also believed to play an important part in the formation of Central Asian deserts such as the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts.
• SOME NOTEABLE PEAKS IN HIMALAYAS:

PEAK NAME ELEVATION(m) ELEVATION(ft)

Everest 8,848 29,035

K2 8,611 28,251

Kangchenjunga 8,586 28,169

Lhotse 8,516 27,940

Makalu 8,462 27,765

Cho Oyu 8,201 26,905

Dhaulagiri 8,167 26,764

Manasula 8,156 26,758

As we now that climate change in world cause allthing including Himalayas

so, save our world wonder mountain ......

By

M.Suresh Kumar.