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Himalaya Mountains

This  is the highest mountain system on earth, the name Himalaya means the House of Snow and 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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