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3 days ago · Himalayas, great mountain system of Asia forming a barrier between the Plateau of Tibet to the north and the alluvial plains of the Indian subcontinent to the south. The Himalayas include the highest mountains in the world, with more than 110 peaks rising to elevations of 24,000 feet (7,300 metres) or more above sea level.
- Mount Everest
Mount Everest, mountain on the crest of the Great Himalayas...
- Physical Features
Himalayas - Peaks, Glaciers, Rivers: The most characteristic...
- Physiography
Himalayas - Peaks, Range, Plateau: The Outer Himalayas...
- Animal Life
Himalayas - Wildlife, Ecosystems, Biodiversity: The fauna of...
- Climate, Peaks, Glaciers
Himalayas - Climate, Peaks, Glaciers: The Himalayas, as a...
- Study and Exploration
Himalayas - Exploration, Mountains, Nature: The earliest...
- Economy
Himalayas - Trade, Tourism, Agriculture: Economic conditions...
- Mount Everest
3 days ago · Almost all mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges to the south and west of the Tibetan plateau. All peaks 7,000 m (23,000 ft) or higher are located in East, Central or South Asia in a rectangle edged by Noshaq (7,492 m or 24,580 ft) on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in the west, Jengish Chokusu (Tuōmù'ěr Fēng, 7,439 m or 24,406 ft) on the Kyrgyzstan ...
3 days ago · Yemen, an arid and mostly mountainous country situated at the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. This article provides a geographical and historical treatment of Yemen, including maps, statistics, and a survey of its people, economy, and government.
5 days ago · The history of (un)free movement in the Arab Mediterranean as told through the Hijaz Railway is thus a damnation of our increasingly immobile world. In this way, I read collective ruminations on the railway as also a response to the violence, the wars, and the occupations that beget and sustain the region’s dominant urban (im)mobility regimes ...
3 days ago · World's 10 highest mountains. Kumar Vishnu Kant. With a height of 8848 meters, it is the highest mountain in the world. It is located in the Himalayan ranges in Nepal/Tibet autonomous region. Mount Everest. The height of K2 Mountain is 8611 meters and it is the second-highest mountain in the world. K2.
1 day ago · World top 100 most prominent peaks, from the same authors as the top 50. Map of the top 50 by Ken Jones; Lists and/or maps covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence. Compiled by Aaron Maizlish. The latest estimate is that there are 1,516.
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