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Write detailed information on the Himalayan Mountains.
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- The Himalayas is one of the youngest fold mountains in the world and it is a major mountain system of the Asian continent.
- The Himalayas extend from Jammu and Kashmir in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east.
- They stretch over 2,400 km in length and have an average width of 200-400 km.
- They stretch across five countries: India, Nepal, Bhutan, China (Tibet), and Pakistan.
- It is not a single mountain range but consists of many parallel ranges.
- The southernmost range is known as the Shivalik range (Shivalik) and is the youngest of all the ranges.
- Next to Shivalik lie the Lesser Himalayas, Greater Himalayas and Trans Himalayan ranges from south to north. These ranges are young to old respectively.
- These Mountain ranges are further divided into Western Himalayas (Kashmir Himalayas), Central Himalayas (Kumaun Himalayas) and Eastern Himalayas (Assam Himalayas).
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