Himalayas Synonyms

himəlāəz, himälyəz
A mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. himalaya
  2. himalaya mountains

Words Related to Himalayas

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. andes
  2. pamirs
  3. sikkim
  4. himalayan
  5. garhwal
  6. karakorum
  7. garwhal
  8. foothill
  9. mountain-range
  10. drakensberg
  11. anti-atlas
  12. foothills
  13. karakoram
  14. Annapurnas

Himalayas Sentence Examples

  • On the south it is bounded by the Himalayas, on the north by a mountain-system still more vast.

  • Failing to reach India through Upper Assam he returned to the neighbourhood of Lhasa, and crossed the Himalayas by a more westerly route.

  • During its passage through the southern spurs of the Himalayas it receives the Jahnavi from the north-west, and subsequently the Alaknanda, after which the united stream takes the name of the Ganges.

  • The aspect of the country is generally a level plain, but the northern part of it rises towards the Himalayas, the greatest elevation being 1342 ft.

  • It crosses the Himalayas by the Tang Pass (15,200 ft.), and thence proceeds via Gyantse (13,200 ft.) and the Kharo Pass (16,500 ft.), Yamdok Lake (15,000) to the Tsang-po (12,100 ft.), and crossing the river winds up along the Kyi Chu, on which Lhasa stands, 33 m.

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