OUTDOOR TRAVEL
JUNE 19, 2021
interesting facts about the himalayas Mountain
Here are some interesting facts about the Himalayas mountain :
- The Himalayas are a mountain range in South Asia across Pakistan, India, Nepal, China (Tibet) and Bhutan. It is the source of three major river systems: the Indus Basin, the Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin and the Yangtze Basin.
- 15 highest mountains in the world are in Himalayas with the main ones are Mount Everest, K2, Annapurna and Nanga Parbat. Nine out of fifteen highest mountain peaks in the world are in the Nepali Himalayas.
- Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth at 8.848 meters (29.029 ft).
- Himalayas cover approximately 2.400 km (1.500 miles) in length.
- The word “Himalaya” means House of Snow in Sanskrit, an old Indian language.
- The Himalayas are so high, serving as a natural barrier for tens of thousands of years, they kept the Indian and Chinese people separate from each other.
- The age of rock in Himalayas dates back to Cretaceous to Cenozoic period while the type of rock is Metamorphic, sedimentary.
- There are five main rivers of the Himalayas : Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Satluj. They are the main source of human and animal life in those areas.
- The Himalayan range is made up of three parallel ranges often referred to as the Greater Himalayas, the Lesser Himalayas, and the Outer Himalayas.
- After the Arctic and Antarctica, the Himalayas are home to the third largest ice deposits in the world.
- The Himalaya mountain range is often referred as the “roof of the world.”
- In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay were the first people to successfully climb to the summit of Everest.
- The Mount Everest was named by Sir Andrew Waugh, a British Army Officer to give respect to his predecessor, Colonel Sir George Everest, Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843.
- There are many of beautiful Buddhist Monasteries in the Himalaya region. The prominent Hindu pilgrimage destinations such as the Amarnath, Kedarnath and Badrinath are also nestled in the Himalayas.
- The Himalayas cover approximately 75% of Nepal with around 40 million people living in the area.
- The Himalayan range is made up of three parallel ranges : the Greater Himalayas, the Lesser Himalayas and the Outer Himalayas.
- The Himalayas are considered to be the tallest and one of the youngest mountain ranges (approximately 50 million years old) and still growing about 2 centimeter (0.78 inch) per year.
- A Himalayan fungus, Cordyceps fungus (dreamtime), cures impotence and costs more than cocaine. It grows above 3.000 metres and also cures altitude sickness just like Viagra.
- Yeti is believed to be some kind of humanoid missing link in the Himalayas. Dr Bryan Sykes of Oxford University tested the DNA from 30 different of supposed yeti skin around the world. Most are of familiar animal origin but two were unknown and appeared to share a common ancestor with the polar bear.
- And the last thing of interesting facts about the Himalayas mountain is that the upper section of the Mount Everest, above 5,500 kilometers (18,045 feet) is covered with snow that never melts, the eternal snowland.
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