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• The Himalaya are also
known as:
Himyan, Himvat, Himachal and Himadri
• Famous peaks in the region are:
Mount Everest (8,848m / 29,032ft)
Kunchenjunga (8,585m / 28,169ft)
K2 (8,611m / 28,251ft)
Nanga Parbat (8,126m / 26,660ft)
• The Himalaya range includes 14 peaks of 8,000m (26,000ft)
and higher, with hundreds of summits topping 7,000m (23,000ft).
• The Himalaya is one of the youngest mountain ranges
on Earth, and can be traced back to the Jurassic era (50 million
years ago).
• The original inhabitants of the Himalaya include:
the Kulinds, Kiratas, Kilinds and Kinnars. |
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