Himalayas The Himalayas are a mountain range in South Asia The highest mountain range in the world The youngest folded Mountain range in the world The word "Himalaya" means House of Snow The name of the sea which once occupied the place of Himalayas: Tethys Sea The Himalaya is mostly formed of sedimentary rocks Himalayas alone stretches for a distance of over 2,500 km from the Indus river in the west to the Brahmaputra river in the east The three parallel Mountain ranges of Himalaya The Greater Himalaya(Himadri),The Lesser Himalaya(Himachal),The outer Himalaya(Siwalik) Himadri Himadri is the highest and northernmost section of the Himalayan mountain ranges. The backbone of Himalaya . It is described as heart of the entire Himalayan range. Himadri contain many of the world’s tallest peaks, including Nanga Parbat,Nanda Devi, Annapurna, Mount Everest, and Kanc...
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