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上下文 喜马拉雅山脉
喜马拉雅山脉(梵文:ཧིམཱལཡ himālaya;藏語:ཧི་མ་ལ་ཡ་རི་;尼泊爾語:हिमालय)是世界海拔最高的山脉,分布于青藏高原南缘,处于中國西藏自治区与巴基斯坦、印度、尼泊尔、不丹等国边境上。由大喜马拉雅山脉、小喜馬拉雅山脉及西瓦利克山脈等数条大致平行的支脉组成,南凸呈弧形,东西长约2500多公里,南北宽200-300公里。
喜马拉雅山脉西起克什米尔的南迦-帕尔巴特峰(北纬35°14'21",东经74°35'24",海拔8125米),东至雅鲁藏布江大拐弯处的南迦巴瓦峰(北纬29°37'51",东经95°03'31",海拔7756米),总面积约594,400平方公里。西北方是興都庫什山脈和喀喇昆仑山脉,北邊是青藏高原,南邊則是印度河-恆河平原。
全球14座海拔8000米以上的高峰有10座分布于喜马拉雅山脉。主峰珠穆朗玛峰海拔高度8848.48米,为世界第一高峰。其余海拔8010米以上的高峰包括:干城章嘉峰(海拔8585米)、洛子峰(海拔8516米)、马卡鲁峰(海拔8463米)、卓奥友峰(海拔8201米)、道拉吉里峰(海拔8172米)、馬納斯盧峰(海拔8163米)、南迦帕尔巴特峰(海拔8125米)、安納布爾納峰(海拔8078米)、希夏邦马峰(海拔8012米)。山口也海拔多逾4000米,如唐拉山口(海拔4 633米)、聂聂雄拉山口(海拔5000米)及索吉山口(海拔3529米)等。
喜马拉雅山脉對南亞文化有許多的影響,許多山脈中的高山是佛教及印度教的聖地。印度河、恆河及雅魯藏布江(下游布拉馬普特拉河)都是發源自喜马拉雅山脉。印度河和雅魯藏布江發源自岡仁波齊峰附近,而恆河發源自印度的北阿坎德邦。這些河的流域中居住約六億人。