Himalayas

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geographical region mountain range

The Himalayas are a vast mountain range in Asia, home to many of the world’s highest peaks including Mount Everest, and form a natural barrier between the Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan Plateau.

Aliases (12)

Indian Himalayas ×5
Himalaya ×4
Mahalangur Himal ×4
Himalayan mountain system ×3
Darjeeling Himalayas ×1
Eastern Himalayas biodiversity hotspot ×1
Garhwal Himalayas ×1
Himalayan peaks ×1
Himalayan region ×1
Nepal Himalaya ×1
Western Himalayas ×1
western Himalayas ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region → mountain range →
age	Cenozoic →
borders	Indo-Gangetic Plain → Tibetan Plateau →
climateFunction	acts as barrier to cold Central Asian winds → influences South Asian monsoon →
contains	Annapurna → Cho Oyu → Dhaulagiri → Greater Himalayas → Hindu Kush → K2 → Kangchenjunga → Karakoram → Lesser Himalayas → Lhotse → Makalu → Manaslu → Mount Everest → Outer Himalayas → Transhimalaya →
continent	Asia →
country	Bhutan → China → India → Nepal → Pakistan →
culturalSignificance	sacred in Buddhism → sacred in Hinduism →
ecosystem	alpine tundra → temperate broadleaf and mixed forests →
geologicalOrigin	collision of Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate →
highestPoint	Mount Everest →
length	about 2400 km →
notableFeature	contains many of the world’s highest peaks → forms natural barrier between Indian subcontinent and Tibetan Plateau →
orientation	west-east →
orogeny	Himalayan orogeny →
partOf	Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt →
protectedAreas	Great Himalayan National Park → Sagarmatha National Park →
separates	Indian subcontinent → Tibetan Plateau →
sourceOf	Brahmaputra River → Ganges River → Indus River → Sutlej River → Yamuna River →

Referenced by (132)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chamba → Chogolisa → Drangme Chhu → Gandaki River → Garhwal ("Indian Himalayas") → Himachal Pradesh → Inderkilla National Park → India–Pakistan Line of Control → Indus Gorge in the Himalayas → Karnali River → Kathmandu ("Himalayan region") → Khirganga National Park ("Indian Himalayas") → Kumaon → Lhotse ("Mahalangur Himal") → Makalu → Makalu ("Mahalangur Himal") → Mount Everest → Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks ("Indian Himalayas") → Nubra Valley → Shyok River → Siachen Glacier → Uttarakhand →	locatedIn
Astore Valley → Cho Oyu → Gangotri Glacier → Gilgit-Baltistan → Hkakabo Razi → Jammu and Kashmir → Kaghan Valley → Kangchenjunga → Lhotse → Manaslu → Margalla Hills → Mount Everest → Nepal → Pakistan → Tibet Autonomous Region →	mountainRange
Bhutan → Gilgit → Hazara Division → Kullu → Mandi → Muzaffarabad → Nanga Parbat → Shimla → Thimphu → Yamunotri →	locatedInMountainRange
Cedrus ("western Himalayas") → Cephalotaxaceae → Cotoneaster → Eupteleaceae → Himalayan monal → Hippophae → Meconopsis → Moschidae → Rhododendron →	nativeTo
Annapurna → Assam ("Eastern Himalayas biodiversity hotspot") → Cho Oyu ("Himalayan mountain system") → Eastern Himalayas → Greater Himalayas → Kumaon ("Indian Himalayas") → Lesser Himalayas → Nanga Parbat ("Himalayan mountain system") → Sagarmatha National Park →	partOf
East Asia → Hazara → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → Northern India → South Asia → West Bengal ("Darjeeling Himalayas") → Western China →	hasMountainRange
Beas River → Brahmaputra → Gandaki River ("Nepal Himalaya") → Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system → Kosi → Zanskar River →	sourceRegion
Balti → Dragon King → Gilgit River → Ngalop → Puna Tsang Chhu →	region
Chenab River → Ganges ("Western Himalayas") → Ravi → Ravi River → Yamuna ("Garhwal Himalayas") →	sourceLocation
Jhelum River → Kashmir conflict → Thimphu →	locatedInRegion
Indo-Gangetic Plain → Tibetan Plateau →	borderedBy
Sino-Indian War → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas →	location
Kali →	abode
Pamir–Tien Shan mountain system →	adjacentTo
Ardito Desio ("Himalaya") →	areaOfActivity
Shiva →	associatedWith
Tibet Autonomous Region →	borderFeature
Pamir Mountains →	connectsMountainRange
Eurasia →	contains
Asia →	containsMountainRange
India →	containsRegion
Greater Himalayas ("Indian Himalayas") →	countrySubdivisionOf
Koshi River →	crossesMountainRange
Indo-Tibetan Border Police ("Himalayan peaks") →	emblemFeature
Himalaya with Michael Palin →	featuresRegion
Sutlej River →	flowsThrough
Eurasian Plate →	formsFeature
Himalaya with Michael Palin ("Himalaya") →	hasCompanionBook
East Asian mountain system →	hasMajorRange
Makalu ("Mahalangur Himal") →	hasParentRange
China (album) ("Himalaya") →	hasTrack
Haridwar →	isGatewayTo
Greater Himalayas ("Himalayan mountain system") →	isHighestRangeOf
Dharamshala →	locatedInMountainSystem
Dhaulagiri →	locatedInRange
Hazara →	locatedNear
China →	majorMountainRange
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt →	majorRangeIncludes
Photinia →	nativeRegion
Kathmandu →	nearbyMountainRange
Srinagar →	nearMountainRange
Ghaghara →	originatesIn
Indus River basin →	partlyLocatedIn
Mount Everest →	range
Matthias Zurbriggen →	regionOfActivity
Transhimalaya →	runsParallelTo
Cho Oyu ("Mahalangur Himal") →	subrange
Azad Jammu and Kashmir →	terrainFeature
Thomas Montgomerie ("Himalaya") →	workLocation