how was himalayas mountain
The Himalayas are a mountain range in South Asia, the highest in the world. The west end is in Pakistan. They run through Jammu and Kashmir, into the Republic of India 's Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal states, Nepal, and the Kingdoms of Sikkim, and Bhutan. They end in the south of China's Tibetan Autonomous Region. The 15 highest mountains in the world are in the Himalayas. The main ones are the Mount Everest, K2, Annapurna, and Nanga Parbat. Mount Everest is the highest mountain on the face of the Earth. Mount Everest is 8,849 meters. There are over 100 mountains. Of the fifteen highest mountain peaks in the World, nine of them are in the Nepali Himalayas. The word Himalaya means House of Snow in Sanskrit, an old Indian language.