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| Some of the highest mountains in the world are located in northern India. These are part of the Himalaya mountains. They were given the name Himalaya which means "home of snow", because snow never melts on their high peaks. The Himalayas can be classified in a variety of ways. From south to north, the mountains can be grouped into four parallel, longitudinal mountain belts,
From west to east the Himalayas are divided broadly into three mountainous regions - the Western Himalayas, the Central Himalayas and the Eastern
Himalayas. More Information: Destination Himalayas - Where Earth Meets Sky Asian Geographic Trust Trans-Himalaya - An Odyssey Into Wilderness | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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