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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 Tibet-
Arunachal 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
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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.
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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.

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