Great Himalayas


The Great Himalayas or Greater Himalayas is the highest mountain range of the Himalayan Range System, part of the Alpide belt. This range is separated from Trans Himalaya mountain ranges by the Main Central Thrust Fault, which lies north of it. Entities the range is within include Pakistan, China, India, Nepal, and Tibet. The world's highest peak, Mount Everest, and other "near−highest" peaks - K2, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Nanga Parbat, etc, are part of the Greater Himalayas range. The total west to east extension of the great Himalayas is 2400 km and their average elevation is 6000 m. They are home to many glaciers like Gangotri Glacier, Satopanth Glacier etc.