Tell about Himalayas ?

The mountains have been a natural barrier for thousands of years.

Ladakh is an unmatched haven for nature lovers and adventure aficionados

They stopped people from China and the inner part of Asia to mix with the Indian population.

Genghis Kahn, emperor of the Mongols, was stopped from expanding his empire to the south by the tall mountains.

Most of the passes that cross the Himalayas are over 5,000 high. They are covered with snow during the winter period and almost impossible to pass.

Mountain climbing has become the main tourist activity in the Himalaya Mountains

I love The Himalaya Mountains

It started towards the end of the 19th century when many mountaineers started climbing the peaks.

In 1953 Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain.

The Himalayas are stretched from Afghanistan in the west upto Myanmar in the east

The Tibetan plateau forms the northern part of it.

It is more than 2,400 kms long and about 250 to 320 kms wide.

Hindukush Mountains,

right from the Pamirs, form the natural western boundary of the Indian subcontinent.

On the eastern side are the Patkoi hills, Naga hills, the Manipur Plateau including the Khasi, Garo and Jaintia hills.

The Lushai and Chin hills are to the south of Manipur.

The most characteristic features of the Himalayas

seemingly unfathomable

Viewed from the south,

, the Himalayas appear as a gigantic crescent with the main axis rising above the

The greater part of the Himalayas

The mountain-building process that created the range is still active.

As the bedrock is lifted, considerable stream erosion and gigantic landslides occur.

The Himalayan ranges

longitudinal mountain