The Himalayan Mountain Range
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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.
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Karakoram range
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Lies to the north of the Himalaya.
Godwin Austen (k₂) is the highest peak of Karakoram.
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Kailash Range
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East of Karakoram Range in Tibet.
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Kunlun Shan range
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lies to the north of Tibet Plateau and to the south of the desert
basin of Tarim in China
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Tienshan
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Lies to the north of tarim basin.
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Great Khingan Mountain
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The Tien Shan Extends to the north east and reaches the Amur River
under the name of Great Khingan Mountains.
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Altai Mountain
Hangay Mountain Sayan Mountain
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. Lies to the north of Tienshan in succession in a more or less east –
west direction
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Yablonovy Range, stanovoy range, Dzhugzur Range, and kolyama Range
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Lies to the north east of the Altai Range in the eastern Siberia
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Verkhoyansk Range
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Lies to the East of the Lena River separates Central Siberian Plateau
from the eastern Siberian region.
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Pegu Yoma
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The Irrawaddy and sittang are divided in their middle course by this
mountain range.
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Arakan Yoma
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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.
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THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS
TO THE WEST OF THE PAMIR
Hindukush Mountains
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Running westwards from the Pamir Knot to the Elburz Mountains in
Iran.
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Elburz Mountains
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Hindu lush Mountain joins the Armenian Knot near the Caspian sea
under the name of Elburz mountains in Iran.
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Sulaimar Range
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It process southwards from the Pamir knot along the border between Pakistan
and Afghanistan
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.kirthar range
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Suleiman range takes the name of Kirthar in the south.
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Makran Range
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Kirthar range turns westward on the Arabian Sea coast and assumes the
name of Makran.
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Zagros
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Running to the northwest of Makran, ultimately ends up in the
Armenian Knot.
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Ponti c Mountain range
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Running to the northwest of Armenian Knot in Turkey.
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Taurus Mountain Range
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Running to the southwest Armenian Knot along the Mediterranean coast
in Turkey.
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