Himalaya mountain range in Pakistan

The Himalaya is a mountain range separating subcontinent from Tibetan plateau. The Himalaya is home to the world's highest peaks. Mount Everest is also here. The Himalayas cross five countries  Pakistan ,India, Nepal, China and Bhutan. The greater Himalayas run from Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan to the Brahmaputra river valley in northern India and Tibet, forming an area of 2,400 km long, which varies in width from 400 km in Northern Pakistan to 150 km in the eastern Tibet. 

Pakistani Himalaya 

Nanga Parbat Diamer Gilgit Baltistan

 The western part of Himalaya is situated in Pakstan occupies Diamer and Astore districts of Gilgit Baltistan region and Kashmir. The highest peak is Nanga Parbat at an altitude of 8125 m above sea level. It is Pakistan's 2nd and world's 9th highest peak. It is also called killer mountain due to its highest fatality rate. The Rupal face of Nanga Parbat is world's highest rock wall.

Deosai Plains Skardu

 The western Himalya is mainly dominated by Deosai plains which covers an area of more than 3000 square km. Deosai is world's 2nd highest plateau after Tibetan plateau. Deosai is located in south of Skardu city and it takes an hour by jeep from Skardu city. 

       Three of the world's major rivers, the Indus  the Gangas and the Brahamputra all rise from the Himalayas.

The Indus river runs south west from Tibetan plateau through Ladakh and then enters Pakistan near Skardu then it runs through full length of Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. Indus river also marks the boundary line between Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindukush and at one point, at the confluence of Indus and Gilgit rivers all three great mountain ranges of the world meet each other. 




 Junction Point of Three great mountain ranges of the world Gilgit Baltistan


On its way the Indus river is fed by the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Beas, and the Sutlej rivers, which also trace their sources in the western Himalyan regions of Kashmir. On the other hand most of the eastern Himalayan rivers drain the Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin. The Ganges and the Brahmaputra meet in Bangladesh, and drain into the Bay of Bengal.

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