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[[File:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|Part of the Great Himalayas showing the eight-thousanders.

The Great Himalayas (also known as Greater Himalayas or Himadri) is one of the four parallel sub-ranges of the Himalayas. It is the highest in altitude and extends for about 2,300 km (1,400 mi) from northern Pakistan to the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, passing through China, Nepal, and Bhutan. The sub-range has an average elevation of 6,100 m (20,000 ft) and contains many of the world’s tallest peaks including the eight-thousanders and Mount Everest, the highest peak on Earth. The range is mainly composed of granite rocks with permafrost and consists of many glaciers including Gangotri, Khumbu, and Satopanth Glaciers. Himalaya mountains has an average width of 120-190 km.

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Geography of South Asia

Mountains

Himalayas	Eastern Himalayas Black Mountains Dundwa Range Great Himalayas Eight-thousander Lesser Himalayas Sivalik Hills Tibetan Himalayas Western Himalayas Garhwal Kishtwar Himalaya Margalla Hills Ladakh Range Zanskar Range
Hindu Kush	Sulaiman Toba Kakar
Western Ghats	Ambanad Anaimalai Biligiriranga Cardamom Nilgiri Satmala Selbari Palani Peaks Thirumoorthy Trimbakeshwar
Eastern Ghats	Bilgiri Bodhamalai Chitteri Erramala Gandhamardan Garhjat Javadi Kalrayan Kolli Nallamalla Niyamgiri Pachaimalai Palkonda Seshachalam Simhachalam Servarayan Sirumalai Velikonda

Plateaus

Deserts

Thal
Thar

Lowlands

Indo-Gangetic Plain	Ganges Basin Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta Punjab Plain Sundarbans Indus Basin Indus Delta
Coastal India	East Coast Coromandel Utkal West Coast Canara Konkan Malabar Rann of Kutch

Makran
Terai

Water-bodies

Islands

By country

By region

Sub-ranges

Eastern	Assam Himalaya Black Mountains Dundwa Range Ganesh Himal Gurans Himal Mahalangur Himal Mishmi Hills Nalakankar Himal
Western	Dhauladhar Dudhatoli Garhwal Kishtwar Himalaya Kumaon Margalla Hills Ladakh Range Pir Panjal Zanskar Range
Related	Arakan Yoma Garo Hindu Kush Karakoram Jaintia Khasi Lushai Naga Purvanchal Transhimalaya

Peaks

Eight-thousander	Annapurna I Cho Oyu Dhaulagiri I Everest Kanchenjunga Lhotse Makalu Manaslu Nanga Parbat Shishapangma
Ultras	Ama Dablam Bandarpunch Dorje Lakpa Gangkhar Puensum Gurla Mandhata Gyachung Kang Gyala Peri Jomolhari Kamet Kangtega Kangto Kedarnath Kula Kangri Labuche Kang Langtang Lirung Machapuchare Mana Peak Namcha Barwa Nanda Devi Noijin Kangsang Nuptse Tongshanjiabu Yangra

Passes

Valleys

Glaciers

Rivers

Indus	Beas Baspa Parvati Spiti Chenab Marusudar Tawi Jhelum Lidder Neelum Poonch Sind Ravi Shyok Nubra Suru Dras Shingo Sutlej Yapola Zanskar Markha Tsarap Doda
Brahmaputra	Beki Dibang Dihing Kameng Kolong Lohit Manas Raidak Sankosh Subansiri Teesta
Ganges	Alaknanda Mandakini Pindar Nandakini Dhauliganga Rishiganga Bagmati Bhagirathi Bhilangna Jahanavi Gandaki Ghaghara Gori Ganga Rohni Sarju Sharda Gomti Kosi Ramganga Yamuna

Lakes

Ecoregions

Towns

Transport

Road	Arniko Highway East-West Highway Hindustan-Tibet Road Jammu–Srinagar Highway Karakoram Highway Kathmandu–Terai Expressway Manali-Leh Highway Nimmu–Padum–Darcha road Path of the Mani Srinagar-Leh highway Tribhuvan Highway
Rail	Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Jammu–Baramulla line Kalka-Shimla Railway Kangra Valley Railway Raxaul–Amlekhganj
Air	Chinyalisaur Daporijo Daulat Beg Oldi Dehradun Kathmandu Kullu-Manali Leh Lukla Pakyong Paro Pithoragarh Shimla Srinagar

Mountaineering

People

Religious sites

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