Mountain Ranges in India

Himalayan Mountain Ranges These mountain ranges lay to the north of Indo-Gangetic Plain separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. Starting from Pamir Knot, it runs across several Asian countries upto Myanmar and Andaman & Nicobar Island. It runs to the south-east Asia from the Pamir Knot. It forms a boundary between East Asia and South Asia. It is an example of young fold mountain of Alpine orogeny. The Himalayan mountain system is the planets highest, and home to the worlds highest peaks, the Eight-thousanders, which include Mount Everest and K2. Mount Everest (8,848 m) is the highest peak, of Himalayas located in Nepal. The main Himalaya range runs west to east, from the Indus river valley to the Brahmaputra river valley, forming an arc of 2,400 km (1,491 mi) long, which varies in width from 400 km (249 mi) in the western Kashmir-Xinjiang region to 150 km (93 mi) in the eastern TibetArunachal Pradesh region. Karakoram Range The Karakoram Range lies to the north of the Himalaya. Godwin Austin (K2) is the highest peak of Karakoram. Kailash Range East of Karakoram Range in Tibet. Kunlunshan Range Lies to the north of Tibet Plateau and to the south of the desert basin of Tarim in China. It runs east ward from the Pamir Knot and passed into China. Tienshan Lies to the north of Tarim basin. It runs north-eastward from Pamir Knot Great Khingan Mountain The Tien Shan extends to the north east and reaches the Amur River under the name of Khingan Mountain Sayan Mountain Lies to the north of Tienshan in succession in a more or less east-west direction. Dzhugzur Range and Kolyama Range Lies to the north east of the Altain Range in the eastern Siberia Verkhyoyansk Range

Lies to the east of the Lena River separates Central Siberian Plateau from the eastern Siberian region. Pegu Yoma The Irrawaddy and Sittand are divided in their middle course by this mountain range. Arakan Ysoma Running South wards, is the western range of Myanmar. A range of the Himalaya which further continues through the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sumatra, Java and other Indonesian islands. Hindukush Mountain Running westwards from the Pamir Knot to the Elburz Mountain in Iran. Elburz Mountain Hindukush Mountain joins the Armenian Knot near the Caspian Sea under the name of Elburz Mountain in Iran. Sulaiman Range It proceeds southwards from the Pamir Knot along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The most famous pass across the mountain wall is the Khyber, linking Pakistan with Afghanistan. Krithar Range Sulaiman Range takes the name of Kirthar in the South. Makran Range Kirthar Range turns westward on the Arabian Sea coast and assumes the name of Makran. Zagros Running to the northwest of Makran, ultimately ends up in the Armenian Knot. Pontic Mountain Range Running to the northwest of Armenian Knot in Turkey. Taurus Mountain Range Running to the southwest of Armenian Knot along the Mediterranean coast in Turkey.