Monday 16 March 2015

ASIA IMPORTANT MOUNTAINS

The Himalayan Mountain Range
Lies to the North of Indo Genetic Plain, is an example of Mountain range which formed in the same age with same process.

An example of fold mountain of alpine orogeny.

Mount Everest (8, 848m) is the highest peak, located in Nepal.

Karakoram range
Lies to the north of the Himalaya.

Godwin Austen (k₂) is the highest peak of Karakoram.

Kailash Range
East of Karakoram Range in Tibet.

Kunlun Shan range
lies to the north of Tibet Plateau and to the south of the desert basin of Tarim in China

Tienshan
Lies to the north of tarim basin.

 Great Khingan Mountain
The Tien Shan Extends to the north east and reaches the Amur River under the name of Great Khingan Mountains.

Altai Mountain
Hangay Mountain Sayan Mountain
. Lies to the north of Tienshan in succession in a more or less east – west direction

Yablonovy Range, stanovoy range, Dzhugzur Range, and kolyama Range
Lies to the north east of the Altai Range in the eastern Siberia

Verkhoyansk Range
Lies to the East of the Lena River separates Central Siberian Plateau from the eastern Siberian region.

Pegu Yoma
The Irrawaddy and sittang are divided in their middle course by this mountain range.

Arakan Yoma
Running southwards is the western range of Myanmar.

A range of the Himalaya which further continues through the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sumatra, Java and other Indonesian Islands.



THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS TO THE WEST OF THE PAMIR

Hindukush Mountains
Running westwards from the Pamir Knot to the Elburz Mountains in Iran.

Elburz Mountains
Hindu lush Mountain joins the Armenian Knot near the Caspian sea under the name of Elburz mountains in Iran.

Sulaimar Range
It process southwards from the Pamir knot along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan

.kirthar range
Suleiman range takes the name of Kirthar in the south.

Makran Range
Kirthar range turns westward on the Arabian Sea coast and assumes the name of Makran.

Zagros
Running to the northwest of Makran, ultimately ends up in the Armenian Knot.

Ponti c Mountain range
Running to the northwest of Armenian Knot in Turkey.

Taurus Mountain Range
Running to the southwest Armenian Knot along the Mediterranean coast in Turkey.



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