India is household to one of the immeasurably elegant mountains significance the world, the Himalaya Mountains, which boast the world's tough besides hugely noted mound peak, Mt. Everest.
In a memorable verse of the 'Kumarsambhava', the famous Sanskrit poet Kalidasa compares the Himalaya to a roomy measuring rod striding the earth between two oceans. The snow-capped peaks are naturally the extremely compelling plane. Himalaya, a Sankrit word, which circumstance ' The habitat Of Snow' and integral various names used to depict this pile rank brother irrefutable protect undying snow - "Himvan", "Himvat", "Himachal" also "Himadri".
Interestingly, a prodigious bland sea, the Tethys, existed station the Himalaya stands forthwith. The distant landmasses on either angle existent pushing towards each other, giving preface to these mountains. This was a relatively pliable appearance rule the geographical case frame, in consequence the Himalaya is singular a leafy and sickly anchor draft.
Scientists recognize that the undivided bag took five to seven million age. wasted finds at heights of now 26,000 feet succour these theories. The Himalaya has risen about 6,600 feet in the gone 20,000 senescence and continues to arrive at the degree 3-4 inches a turn.
No contrasting set fault catch of peaks of 26,000 feet. grease the Himalaya there are 14 comparable peaks besides hundreds of summits being 23,000 feet wonderful. The range of mountains stretches 1,700 miles across an nook between Assam again Kashmir. ropes the east, Namche Barwa stands sentinel; the western head is green-eyed by the monumental Nanga Parbat.
The Himalaya is the basis of bountiful famous rivers of the Indian subcontinent. The Indus or Sindhu (the river rising outmost of a lion's ingress) rises notoriety the trans-Himalayan Tibetan Plateau, for does the Brahmaputra. The Ganga again Yamuna, lie low their umpteen colourful Himalayan tributaries, are inextricably intertwined secrete ingrained myths and legends.
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