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    The document discusses the Himalayan mountain range, which covers approximately 2400 km across South Asia. Over 30 Himalayan peaks are over 7500 meters, including the world's highest, Mount Everest at 8848 meters. The Himalayas form a climatic barrier between the Indian plains and Tibetan plateau. Tourism is a major industry in Nepal's Himalayas, contributing nearly 8% to GDP, as visitors are drawn to the mountain scenery, climate, and activities like trekking. The region is also extremely biodiverse, with over 10,000 plant species and habitats for endangered wildlife.

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    The document discusses the Himalayan mountain range, which covers approximately 2400 km across South Asia. Over 30 Himalayan peaks are over 7500 meters, including the world's highest, Mount Everest at 8848 meters. The Himalayas form a climatic barrier between the Indian plains and Tibetan plateau. Tourism is a major industry in Nepal's Himalayas, contributing nearly 8% to GDP, as visitors are drawn to the mountain scenery, climate, and activities like trekking. The region is also extremely biodiverse, with over 10,000 plant species and habitats for endangered wildlife.

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    The document discusses the Himalayan mountain range, which covers approximately 2400 km across South Asia. Over 30 Himalayan peaks are over 7500 meters, including the world's highest, Mount Everest at 8848 meters. The Himalayas form a climatic barrier between the Indian plains and Tibetan plateau. Tourism is a major industry in Nepal's Himalayas, contributing nearly 8% to GDP, as visitors are drawn to the mountain scenery, climate, and activities like trekking. The region is also extremely biodiverse, with over 10,000 plant species and habitats for endangered wildlife.

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    Himalayas
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    INTRODUCTION

    o The Himalayas that cover the range about 2400 kms consist of youngest and highest mountain system
    of the world those envelopes the south facing area between the Indus and Brahmaputra rivers.
    o About one third (800 kms) of its central portion transverses Nepal and is known as the Nepal
    Himalayas. is a mountain range in South Asia which separates the IndoGangetic Plain from the
    Tibetan Plateau
    o There are more than thirty Himalayan peaks having height over 7500 m, twenty-two of them lie in
    Nepal Himalayas including eight of the world's fourteen highest peaks of the world despite having the
    area of mere 147,516sq.km.
    o The Himalayan range is one of the youngest mountain ranges on the planet and consists mostly of
    uplifted sedimentary and metamorphic rock.
    o The Himalayas cover approximately 18% of Nepal and Hill Range Covers 57%
    o The Great Himalayas form a climatic barrier between the monsoonal (wet-dry) Indian lowland plains
    and the Tibetan desert high plateau.
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    List of Mountains in Himalayas of Nepal

    Mountain/Peak Height (m) Rank

    Mt. Everest 8,848 1st

    Kanchenjunga 8,586 3rd

    Lhotse 8,516 4th

    Makalu 8,485 5th

    Cho Oyo 8,188 6th

    Dhaulagiri I 8,167 7th

    Manaslu 8,163 8th

    Annapurna I 8,091 10th


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    1. Mt Everest 8848m
    Solukhumbu District
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    1. Mt Kanchenjung
    8586m
    Taplejung District
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    1. Mt Lhotse 8516m
    Solukhumbu District
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    1. Mt Makalu 8485m
    Okhaldungha District
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    1. Mt Cho Oyu 8188m


    Solukhumbu District
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    1. Mt Dhaulagiri 8167m
    Mustang District
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    1. Mt Mansul 8163m
    Gorkha District
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    1. Mt Annapurna 8848m
    Maygadi & Kaski District
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    Scope of Himalayan Tourism in Nepal

    o The total contribution of tourism sector to GDP of Nepal is 7.9%.


    o Himalayas provides the huge scope of tourism due to its scenic beauty, healthy
    environment, beautiful landscapes.
    o The hilly areas in the Himalayas offer cool and comfortable climate when
    neighboring plains are reeling under scorching heat of the summer season due to
    which millions of tourist from different part of the country as well as from
    abroad throng the Himalaya tourist centers to escape from the summer heat of
    the plains.
    o The increasing popularity of the winter sports and craze to enjoy snow fall has
    increased the rush of tourists in winters also.
    o Some of the famous tourists spot in the Himalayas are Mustang, Taplejung,
    Namche Bazar, Annapurna Base Camp, Everest Base Camp, Manag, etc.
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    Flora and Fauna

    o The Eastern Himalayas is a region that harbours thousands of different species, including over 10,000
    plants, 900 species of bird, 643 species of butterfly and 300 species of mammal. Many of which are
    endangered or critically endangered.
    o Its grasslands are home to the densest populations of Bengal Tigers, Asian Elephant, and One Horned
    Rhino. Its mountains offer refuge to Snow Leopards, red pandas, takins, Himalayan Black Bear,
    and golden langurs, and its rivers contain the  worlds rarest dolphin(Gangetic). It is also one of only 2
    places remaining globally where elephants, tigers, and rhinos co-exist.
    o Of the estimated 10,000 species of plants in the Himalaya Hotspot, about 3,160 are endemic, as are 71
    genera. The largest family of flowering plants in the hotspot is the Orchidaceae, with 750 species.
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