This is the highest mountain system on earth, the name Himalaya
means the House of Snowand it
consists of several parallel mountain ranges. 30 to 50 million years in
different stages the Indian Plate has collided with the Eurasian Continental
Plate to form the Himalaya Mountains. The Himalaya system is the most
common type of mountain formation, folded. They are created by tectonic plates
pushing against each other and the only direction for these earth to move is up.
The mountains nearly extend 1,600-miles in an ellipse across
southern Asia from the bend of the Indus River in the northwest to the
Brahmapytra in the east. They form a barrier that . The Himalaya system,
averaging 200 to 250 miles in width, rises sharply from the Indo-Gangetic Plain
and separates northern India from the plateau of Tibet, in China. The Himalayas
form the earths highest mountain region, containing 9 of the 14 highest peaks in
the world.
Everest, Mt. China/Nepal 29,028' 8,848m
K2 (Godwin Austen) China/Pakistan 28,250' 8,611m
Kanchenjunga India/Nepal 28,208' 8,598m
Makalu China/Nepal 27,825' 8,481m
Dhawalagiri Nepal 26,810' 8,172m
Nanga Parbat Pakistan 26,650' 8,123m
Annapurna Nepal 26,504' 8,078m
Gasherbrum China/Pakistan 26,470' 8,068m
Xixabangma Feng China 26,286' 8,012m
Nanda Devi India 25,645' 7,817m
Kamet China/India 25,447' 7,756m
Namjagbarwa Feng China 25,446' 7,756m
Muztag China 25,338' 7,723m
Tirich Mir Pakistan 25,230' 7,690m
Gongga Shan China 24,790' 7,556m
Kula Kangri Bhutan 24,784' 7,554m
Muztagata China 24,757' 7,546m
Kommunizma, Pik Tajikistan 24,590' 7,495m
Pobedy, Pik China/Kyrgystan 24,406' 7,439m
Api Nepal 23,399' 7,132m
Aconcagua, Cerro Argentina 22,834' 6,960m
Ojos del Salado, Nevado Argentina/Chile 22,572' 6,880m
Bonete, Cerro Argentina 22,546' 6,872m
Tupungato, Cerro Argentina/Chile 22,310' 6,800m
Pissis Argentina 22,241' 6,779m
Mercedario Argentina 22,211' 6,770m
Hurascarán, Nevado Perú 22,205' 6,768m
Llullaillaco, Volcán Argentina/Chile 22,057' 6,723m
El Libertador Argentina 22,047' 6,720m
Cachi Argentina 22,047' 6,720m
Incahuasi A rgentina- Chile 21,720' 6,620m
Sajama, Nevado Bolivia 21,391' 6,520m
Illimani, Nevado Bolivia 21,201' 6,462m
Chimborazo Ecuador 20,702' 6,310m
McKinley, Mt. U.S. (Alaska) 20,320' 6,194m
Orizaba, Pico de México 18,406' 5,610m
Popocatépetl, Volcán México 17,930' 5,465m
Iztaccíhuatl México 17,930' 5,465m
Whitney, Mt. U.S. (California) 14,494' 4,418m
Duarte, Pico Dominican Republic 10,417' 3,175m
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