Himalayas

E5063
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.

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All labels observed (20)

Label Occurrences
Himalayas canonical 688
Indian Himalayas 24
Himalaya 8

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 ⓘ
Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: 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 South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent

Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
sourceOf Brahmaputra ⓘ
surface form: Brahmaputra River

Ganges ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River

Indus River ⓘ
Sutlej River ⓘ
Yamuna ⓘ
surface form: Yamuna River

Referenced by (751)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

India → containsRegion → Himalayas ⓘ
Pakistan → mountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
Asia → containsMountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
East Asia → hasMountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
Ganges → sourceLocation → Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Himalayas
Assam → partOf → Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Himalayas biodiversity hotspot
China → majorMountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
South Asia → hasMountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
Yamuna → sourceLocation → Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garhwal Himalayas
Eurasian Plate → formsFeature → Himalayas ⓘ
Brahmaputra → sourceRegion → Himalayas ⓘ
Eurasia → contains → Himalayas ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → hasMountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
northern India → hasMountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
Himachal Pradesh → locatedIn → Himalayas ⓘ
Nepal → mountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
Meconopsis → nativeTo → Himalayas ⓘ
Azad Jammu and Kashmir → terrainFeature → Himalayas ⓘ
Bhutan → locatedInMountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
Ravi River → sourceLocation → Himalayas ⓘ
Gilgit-Baltistan → mountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
The Hump airlift over the Himalayas → location → Himalayas ⓘ
Chenab River → sourceLocation → Himalayas ⓘ
Beas River → sourceRegion → Himalayas ⓘ
Sutlej River → flowsThrough → Himalayas ⓘ
Shiva → associatedWith → Himalayas ⓘ
Kali → abode → Himalayas ⓘ
Gangotri Glacier → mountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
Mount Everest → locatedIn → Himalayas ⓘ
Mount Everest → range → Himalayas ⓘ
Cedrus → nativeTo → Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Himalayas
Jammu and Kashmir → mountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
Jhelum River → locatedInRegion → Himalayas ⓘ
Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system → sourceRegion → Himalayas ⓘ
Ghaghara → originatesIn → Himalayas ⓘ
Kosi → sourceRegion → Himalayas ⓘ
Tibetan Plateau → borderedBy → Himalayas ⓘ
West Bengal → hasMountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darjeeling Himalayas
Uttarakhand → locatedIn → Himalayas ⓘ
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → majorRangeIncludes → Himalayas ⓘ
Kathmandu → locatedIn → Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Himalayan region
Kathmandu → nearbyMountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
Kangchenjunga → mountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
Transhimalaya → runsParallelTo → Himalayas ⓘ
Lhotse → mountainRange → Himalayas ⓘ
Lhotse → locatedIn → Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahalangur Himal
Lesser Himalayas → partOf → Himalayas ⓘ
Makalu → locatedIn → Himalayas ⓘ
Makalu → locatedIn → Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahalangur Himal
Makalu → hasParentRange → Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahalangur Himal