GENERAL FACTS
• The Himalayas are the result of tectonic plate motions that collided
India into Tibet.
• Because of the great amount of tectonic motion still occurring at
the site, the Himalayas have a proportionally high number of
earthquakes and tremors.
• The Himalayas are one of the youngest mountain ranges on the planet.
• The range affects air and water circulation systems, impacting the
weather conditions in the region.
• The Himalayas cover approximately 75% of Nepal.
• Serving as a natural barrier for tens of thousands of years, the
range prevented early interactions between the people of India and the people of China and Mongolia.
• Mt. Everest was named after Colonel Sir George Everest, a British
surveyor who was based in India during the early-to-mid-nineteenth
century.
• The Nepalese call Mt. Everest “Samgarmatha” which can be translated as “Goddess of the Universe” or “Forehead of the Sky.”
• In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay
were the first people to successfully climb to the summit of Everest.
• Despite its name, the Snow Leopard – a Himalayan local – is actually
most closely related to the Tiger.
India into Tibet.
• Because of the great amount of tectonic motion still occurring at
the site, the Himalayas have a proportionally high number of
earthquakes and tremors.
• The Himalayas are one of the youngest mountain ranges on the planet.
• The range affects air and water circulation systems, impacting the
weather conditions in the region.
• The Himalayas cover approximately 75% of Nepal.
• Serving as a natural barrier for tens of thousands of years, the
range prevented early interactions between the people of India and the people of China and Mongolia.
• Mt. Everest was named after Colonel Sir George Everest, a British
surveyor who was based in India during the early-to-mid-nineteenth
century.
• The Nepalese call Mt. Everest “Samgarmatha” which can be translated as “Goddess of the Universe” or “Forehead of the Sky.”
• In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay
were the first people to successfully climb to the summit of Everest.
• Despite its name, the Snow Leopard – a Himalayan local – is actually
most closely related to the Tiger.