Himalayas (place)

The Himalayan mountain range extends across 2,415 kilometers from (from east to west) Pakistan to India to China/Tibet and Bhutan. The Himalayas form the southern border of the Great Central Asian Plateau. The Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra rivers all have their source in the Himalaya.

The largest mountains of the Himalayan chain are:

• Everest -- 8,848 m
• K2 -- 8,611 m
• Kanchenjunga -- 8,568 m
• Lhotse -- 8,501 m
• Nuptse -- 7,861 m
• Changtse -- 7,560 m
• Khumbutse -- 6,665 m