The Mountain Region or Parbat begins where high ridges begin substantially rising above 3,000 meters (10,000 ft) into the sub-alpine and al...
The Mountain Region or Parbat begins where high ridges begin substantially rising above 3,000 meters (10,000 ft) into the sub-alpine and alpine zone which are mainly used for seasonal pasturage. A few tens kilometers further north the high Himalaya abruptly rise along the Main Central Thrust fault zone above the snow line at 5,000 to 5,500 meters (16,400 to 18,000 ft). Some 90 of Nepal’s peaks exceed 7,000 meters (23,000 ft) and eight exceed 8,000 meters (26,247 ft) including Mount Everest at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft) and Kanchenjunga at 8,598 meters (28,209 ft). Unlike the Mahabharats, the Himalaya are not continuous across Nepal. Instead there are some 20 sub-ranges including the Kanchenjunga massif along the Sikkim border, Mahalangur Himal around Mt. Everest. Langtang north of Kathmandu, Annapurna and Manaslu north of Pokhara, then Dhaulagiri further west with Kanjirowa north of Jumla and finally Gurans Himal in the far west.
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