Himalayas
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Summary
Himalayas is a mountain range[1]. Himalayas ranks in the top 0.11% of mountain range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,987 views/month, #3 of 2,807).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Nepal[3], Myanmar[4], People's Republic of China[5], Pakistan[6], India[7], Afghanistan[8], Bhutan[9]
- Continent: Asia[10]
- Part of: Alpide belt[11], Larger Himalaya[12]
- Commons category: Himalayas[13]
- Highest point: Mount Everest[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Himalayas[15]
- Commons gallery: Himalayas[16]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], Pauly–Wissowa[24], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[25], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[26], Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band[27], Meyer’s Universum, Fünfter Band[28], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29]
- Length: 2400 km[30]
- Elevation above sea level: 8848.86 m[31]
- Area: 600,000 km²[32]
- Width: 250 km[33]
- Time period: Eocene[34]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[35], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mountains[37], WikiProject Geography[38], WikiProject China[39], WikiProject Nepal[40]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Himalayas include Himalayan salt[41]; Himalayan[42], a cat breed[43]; Alpide belt[44], a geomorphological system[45], in Algeria[46]; Himalayan tahr[47], a taxon[48]; Himalayasaurus[49], a fossil taxon[50]; Duttaphrynus himalayanus[51], a taxon[52]; White-tailed Nuthatch[53], a taxon[54]; and Ophiostoma himal-ulmi[55], a taxon[56].
Why It Matters
Himalayas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Himalayas is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for Himalayas include Himalayan salt[41]; Himalayan[42], a cat breed[43]; Alpide belt[44], a geomorphological system[45], in Algeria[46]; Himalayan tahr[47], a taxon[48]; Himalayasaurus[49], a fossil taxon[50]; and Duttaphrynus himalayanus[51], a taxon[52].