Friday, May 15, 2009

The Himalays



Hi, this is leah from THE ASIA and a place i would like to go to would be the Himalayas. I would want to travel here to see close up how tall and wide they are and see how it is to try to climAlthough the Himalayas is the highest mountain range in the world, it is also the youngest.

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The Himalayas formed approximately 70 million of years ago following a collision between India and AsThe Himalayas are geologically alive! The southern front moves approximately 20 mm a year and it is estimated that in 10 million years time, the Himalayas will have moved approximately 1,500 km into Asia
ia via the Indo Austrlian and Eurasian plates. This tremendous collision resulted in the beautiful Himalayan range for which Nepal is now so famous.
The Himalayas formed approximately 70 million of years ago following a collision between India and Asia via the Indo Austrlian and Eurasian plates. This tremendous collision resulted in the beautiful Himalayan range for which Nepal is now so famous.When translated, the Himalayas means the ‘abode of snow’!


The Himalayas is formed by three key ‘bands’ all of which are parallel with each other. The highest peak of mountains from within these three bands is the Great Himalayan Range. The Great Himalayan range has an average height of 4,570 meters.

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