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Himalayas
Aerial view of Mount Everest and surrounding landscape
Highest point
Peak
Mount Everest (Nepal and China)
Elevation
8,848 m (29,029 ft)
Coordinates
27°59′17″N 86°55′31″E / 27.98806°N 86.92528°E / 27.98806; 86.92528Coordinates: 27°59′17″N 86°55′31″E / 27.98806°N 86.92528°E / 27.98806; 86.92528
Dimensions
Length
2,400 km (1,500 mi)
Geography
The general location of the Himalayas mountain range (this map has the Hindu Kush in the Himalaya, not normally regarded as part of the core Himalayas).
Countries
List[show]
Bhutan
China
India
Nepal
Pakistan
State/Province
Asia
A satellite image showing the arc of the Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (/ˌhɪməˈleɪə, hɪˈmɑːləjə/), form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
The Himalayan range has many of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. The Himalayas include over fifty mountains exceeding 7,200 metres (23,600 ft) in elevation, including ten of the fourteen 8,000-metre peaks. By contrast, the highest peak outside Asia (Aconcagua, in the Andes) is 6,961 metres (22,838 ft) tall.[1]
Lifted by the subduction of the Indian tectonic plate under the Eurasian Plate, the Himalayan mountain range runs, west-northwest to east-southeast, in an arc 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) long.[2] Its western anchor, Nanga Parbat, lies just south of the northernmost bend of Indus river. Its eastern anchor, Namcha Barwa, is just west of the great bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River (upper stream of the Brahmaputra River). The Himalayan range is bordered on the northwest by the Karakoram and the Hindu Kush ranges, to the north, the chain is separated from the Tibetan Plateau by a 50–60 kilometres (31–37 mi) wide tectonic valley called the Indus-Tsangpo Suture.[3] Towards the south the arc of the Himalaya is ringed by the very low Indo-Gangetic Plain.[4] The range varies in width from 350 kilometres (220 mi) in the west (Pakistan ) to 150 kilometres (93 mi) in the east (Arunachal Pradesh).[5] The Himalayas are distinct from the other great ranges of central Asia, although sometimes the term Himalaya (or Greater Himalaya) is loosely used to include the Karakoram and some of the other ranges.
The Himalayas are inhabited by 52.7 million people[5] and are spread across five countries: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Some of the world's major rivers, the Indus, the Ganges and the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, rise in the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home to roughly 600 million people. The Himalayas have a profound effect on the climate of the region, helping to keep the monsoon rains on the Indian plain and limiting rainfall on the Tibetan plateau. The Himalayas (22,943 ft), prominence: 1,233 m (4,045 ft)]]
Contents
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1 Name
2 Geography and key features
3 Geology
4 Hydrology
4.1 Glaciers
4.2 Lakes
5 Climate
6 Ecology
7 Culture
8 Religions of the region
9 Resources
10 See also
11 References
12 Further reading
13 External links
Name[edit]
The name of the range derives from the Sanskrit Himā-laya (हिमालय, "Abode of Snow"), from himá (हिम, "snow") and ā-laya (आलय, "receptacle, dwelling").[6] They are now known as the "Himalaya Mountains", usually shortened to the "Himalayas". Formerly, they were described in the singular as the "Himalaya". This was also previously transcribed "Himmaleh", as in Emily Dickinson's poetry[7] and Henry David Thoreau's essays.[8]
The mountains are known as the Himālaya in Nepali and Hindi (both written हिमालय), the Himalaya (ཧི་མ་ལ་ཡ་) or 'The Land of Snow' (གངས་ཅན་ལྗོངས་) in Tibetan, the Hamaleh Mountain Range (سلسلہ کوہ ہمالیہ) in Urdu and the Ximalaya Mountain Range (t 喜馬拉雅山脈, > Xǐmǎlāyǎ Shānmài) in Chinese.
Geography and key features[edit]
See also: List of Himalayan peaks and passes
In the middle of the great curve of the Himalayan mountains lie the 8000m peaks of Dhaulagiri and Annapurna in Nepal, separated by the Kali Gandaki Gorge. The gorge splits the Himalayas into Western and Eastern sections both ecologically and orographically – the pass at the head of the Kali Gandaki, the Kora La is the lowest point on the ridgeline between Everest and K2. To the east of Annapurna are the 8000 m peaks of Manaslu and across the border in Tibet, Shishapangma. To the south of these lies Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal and the largest city in the Himalayas. East of the Kathmandu Valley lies valley of the Bhote/Sun Kosi river which rises in Tibet and provides the main overland route between Nepal and China – the Araniko Highway/China National Highway 318. Further east is the Mahalangur Himal with four of the world's six highest mountains, including the highest: Cho Oyu, Everest, Lhotse and Makalu. The Khumbu region, popular for trekking, is found here on the south-western approaches to Everest. The Arun river drains the northern slopes of these mountains, before turning south and flowing through the range to the east of Makalu.
In the far east of Nepal the Himalayas rise to the Kanchenjunga massif on the border with India, the third highest mountain in the world, the most easterly 8000 m summit and the highest point of India. The eastern side of Kanchenjunga is in the Indian state of Sikkim. Formerly an independent Kingdom, it lies on the main route from India to Lhasa, Tibet, which passes over the Nathu La pass into Tibet. East of Sikkim lies the ancient Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan. The highest mountain in Bhutan is Gangkhar Puensum, which is also a strong candidate for the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. The Himalayas here are becoming increasingly rugged with heavily forested steep valleys. The Himalayas continue, turning slightly north east, through the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh as well as Tibet, before reaching their easterly conclusion in the peak of Namche Barwa, situated in Tibet inside the great bend of the Yarlang Tsangpo river. On the other side of the Tsangpo, to the east, are the Kangri Garpo mountains. The high mountains to the north of the Tsangpo including Gyala Peri, however, are also sometimes also included in the Himalayas.
Going west from Dhaulagiri, Western Nepal is somewhat remote and lacks major high mountains, but is home to Rara Lake, the largest lake in Nepal. The Karnali River rises in Tibet but cuts through the centre of the region. Further west, the border with India follows the Sarda River and provides a trade route into China, where on the Tibetan plateau lies the high peak of Gurla Mandhata. Just across Lake Manasarovar from this lies the sacred Mount Kailash, which stands close to the source of the four main rivers of Himalayas and is revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sufism, Jainism and Bonpo. In the newly created Indian state of Uttarkhand, the Himalayas rise again as the Garwhal Himalayas with the high peaks of Nanda Devi and Kamet. The state is also an important pilgrimage destination, with the source of the Ganges at Gangotri and the Yamuna at Yamunotri, and the temples at Badrinath and Kedarnath.
Panoramic view of Langtang Range in Nepal
The next Himalayan Indian state, Himachal Pradesh, lacks very high mountains, but is noted for its hill stations, particularly Shimla, the summer capital of the British Raj, and Dharmasala, the centre of the Tibetan community in exile in India. This area marks the start of the Punjab Himalaya and the Sutlej river, the most easterly of the five tributaries of the Indus, cuts through the range here. Further west, the Himalayas form most of the southern portion of the disputed Indian State of Jammu & Kashmir. The twin peaks of Nun Kun are the only mountains over 7000 m in this part of the Himalayas. Beyond lies the renown Kashmir Valley and the town and lakes of Srinagar. Finally, the Himalayas cross the Line of Control into Pakistan and reach their western end in the dramatic 8000 m peak of Nanga Parbat, which rises over 7000 m above the Indus valley and is the most westerly of the 8000 m summits.
Geology[edit]
The 6,000-kilometre-plus journey of the India landmass (Indian Plate) before its collision with Asia (Eurasian Plate) about 40 to 50 million years ago[9]
Main article: Geology of the Himalaya
The Himalayan range is one of the youngest mountain ranges on the planet and consists mostly of uplifted sedimentary and metamorphic rock. According to the modern theory of plate tectonics, its formation is a result of a continental collision or orogeny along the convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The Arakan Yoma highlands in Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal were also formed as a result of this collision.
During the Upper Cretaceous, about 70 million years ago, the north-moving Indo-Australian Plate (which has subsequently broken into the Indian Plate and the Australian Plate[10]) was moving at about 15 cm per year. About 50 million years ago this fast moving Indo-Australian Plate had completely closed the Tethys Ocean, the existence of which has been determined by sedimentary rocks settled on the ocean floor and the volcanoes that fringed its edges. Since both plates were composed of low density continental crust, they were thrust faulted and folded into mountain ranges rather than subducting into the mantle along an oceanic trench.[9] An often-cited fact used to illustrate this process is that the summit of Mount Everest is made of marine limestone from this ancient ocean.[11]
Today, the Indian plate continues to be driven horizontally at the Tibetan Plateau, which forces the plateau to continue to move upwards.[12] The Indian plate is still moving at 67 mm per year, and over the next 10 million years it will travel about 1,500 km into Asia. About 20 mm per year of the India-Asia convergence is absorbed by thrusting along the Himalaya southern front. This leads to the Himalayas rising by about 5 mm per year, making them geologically active. The movement of the Indian plate into the Asian plate also makes this region seismically active, leading to earthquakes from time to time.
During the last ice age, there was a connected ice stream of glaciers between Kangchenjunga in the east and Nanga Parbat in the west.[13][14] In the west, the glaciers joined with the ice stream network in the Karakoram, and in the north, they joined with the former Tibetan inland ice. To the south, outflow glaciers came to an end below an elevation of 1,000–2,000 metres (3,300–6,600 ft).[13][15] While the current valley glaciers of the Himalaya reach at most 20 to 32 kilometres (12 to 20 mi) in length, several of the main valley glaciers were 60 to 112 kilometres (37 to 70 mi) long during the ice age.[13] The glacier snowline (the altitude where accumulation and ablation of a glacier are balanced) was about 1,400–1,660 metres (4,590–5,450 ft) lower than it is today. Thus, the climate was at least 7.0 to 8.3 °C (12.6 to 14.9 °F) colder than it is today.[16]
Hydrology[edit]
Indus River in the Himalayas
The Himalayan range at Yumesongdong in Sikkim, in the Yumthang River valley
Despite their scale the Himalayas do not form a major watershed, and a number of rivers cut through the range, particularly in the eastern part of the range. As a result, the main ridge of the Himalayas is not clearly defined, and mountain passes are not as significant for traversing the range as with other mountain ranges. The rivers of the Himalayas drain into two large river systems:
The western rivers combine into the Indus Basin. The Indus itself forms the northern and western boundaries of the Himalayas. It begins in Tibet at the confluence of Sengge and Gar rivers and flows north-west through India into Pakistan before turning south-west to the Arabian Sea. It is fed by several major tributaries draining the southern slopes of the Himalayas, including the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers, the five rivers of the Punjab.
The other Himalayan rivers drain the Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin. Its main rivers are the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Yamuna, as well as other tributaries. The Brahmaputra originates as the Yarlung Tsangpo River in western Tibet, and flows east through Tibet and west through the plains of Assam. The Ganges and the Brahmaputra meet in Bangladesh and drain into the Bay of Bengal through the world's largest river delta, the Sunderbans.[17]
The northern slopes of Gyala Peri and the peaks beyond the Tsangpo, sometimes included in the Himalayas, drain into the Irrawaddy River, which originates in eastern Tibet and flows south through Myanmar to drain into the Andaman Sea. The Salween, Mekong, Yangtze and Yellow River all originate from parts of the Tibetan Plateau that are geologically distinct from the Himalaya mountains and are therefore not considered true Himalayan rivers. Some geologists refer to all the rivers collectively as the circum-Himalayan rivers.[18]
Glacier
Glaciers[edit]
The great ranges of central Asia, including the Himalayas, contain the third-largest deposit of ice and snow in the world, after Antarctica and the Arctic.[19] The Himalayan range encompasses about 15,000 glaciers, which store about 12,000 km3 (3,000 cubic miles) of fresh water.[20] Its glaciers include the Gangotri and Yamunotri (Uttarakhand) and Khumbu glaciers (Mount Everest region), Langtang glacier (Langtang region) and Zemu (Sikkim).
Owing to the mountains' latitude near the Tropic of Cancer, the permanent snow line is among the highest in the world at typically around 5,500 metres (18,000 ft).[21] In contrast, equatorial mountains in New Guinea, the Rwenzoris and Colombia have a snow line some 900 metres (2,950 ft) lower.[22] The higher regions of the Himalayas are snowbound throughout the year, in spite of their proximity to the tropics, and they form the sources of several large perennial rivers.
In recent years, scientists have monitored a notable increase in the rate of glacier retreat across the region as a result of global climate change.[23] For example, glacial lakes have been forming rapidly on the surface of debris-covered glaciers in the Bhutan Himalaya during the last few decades. Although the effect of this will not be known for many years, it potentially could mean disaster for the hundreds of millions of people who rely on the glaciers to feed the rivers during the dry seasons.[24]
Lakes[edit]
Tilicho lake in Manang, Nepal
The Himalayan region is dotted with hundreds of lakes. Most of the larger lakes are on the northern side of the main range. The most famous is the sacred freshwater Lake Manasarovar, near to Mount Kailas with an area of 410 km² and an altitude of 4590m. It drains into the nearby Lake Rakshastal with an area of 250 km² and slightly lower at 4575m. Pangong Tso, which is spread across the border between India and China, at far western end of Tibet, and Yamdrok Tso, located in south central Tibet, are among the largest with surface areas of 700 km², and 638 km², respectively. Lake Puma Yumco is one of the highest of the larger lakes at an elevation of 5030m.
South of the main range the lakes are smaller. Tilicho Lake in Nepal in the Annapurna massif is one of the highest lakes in the world.Other notable lakes include Rara Lake in western Nepal, She-Phoksundo Lake in the Shey Phoksundo National Park of Nepal, Gurudongmar Lake, in North Sikkim, Gokyo Lakes in Solukhumbu district of Nepal and Lake Tsongmo, near the Indo-China border in Sikkim.
Some of the lakes present a danger of a glacial lake outburst flood. The Tsho Rolpa glacier lake in the Rowaling Valley, in the Dolakha District of Nepal, is rated as the most dangerous. The lake, which is located at an altitude of 4,580 metres (15,030 ft) has grown considerably over the last 50 years due to glacial melting.[25][26] The mountain lakes are known to geographers as tarns if they are caused by glacial activity. Tarns are found mostly in the upper reaches of the Himalaya, above 5,500 metres.[27]
Climate[edit]
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The vast size, huge altitude range and complex topography of the Himalayas mean they experience a wide range of climates, from humid subtropical in the foothills to cold, dry desert conditions on the Tibetan side of the range.
For much of Himalayas – that on the south side of the high mountains, except in the furthest west, the most characteristic feature of the climate is the monsoon. Heavy rain arrives on the south-west monsoon in June and persists until September. The monsoon can seriously impact transport and cause major landslides. It restricts tourism – the trekking and mountaineering season is limited to either before the monsoon in April/May or after the monsoon in October/November (autumn). In Nepal and Sikkim, there are often considered to be five seasons: summer, monsoon, autumn (or post-monsoon), winter and spring.
Using the Köppen climate classification, the lower elevations of the Himalayas, reaching in mid elevations in central Nepal (including the Kathmandu valley), are classified as Cwa, Humid subtropical climate with dry winters. Higher up, most of the Himalayas have a subtropical highland climate (Cwb).
In the furthest west of the Himalayas, in the west of the Kashmir valley and the Indus valley, the South Asian monsoon is no longer a dominant factor and most precipitation falls in the spring. Srinagar receives around 723 millimetres (28 in) around half the rainfall of locations such as Shimla and Kathmandu, with the wettest months being March and April.
The northern side of the Himalayas, also known as the Tibetan Himalaya, is dry, cold and generally wind swept particularly in the west where it has a cold desert climate. The vegetation is sparse and stunted and the winters are severely cold. Most of the precipitation in the region is in the form of snow during late winter and spring months.
Local impacts on climate are significant throughout the Himalayas. Temperatures fall by 6.5 °C (11.7 °F) for every 1000m rise in altitude. This gives rise to a variety of climates from nearly tropical in the foothills to tundra and permanent snow and ice. Local climate is also affected by the topography: The leeward side of the mountains receive less rain while the well exposed slopes get heavy rainfall and the rain shadow of large mountains can be significant, for example leading to near desert conditions in the Upper Mustang which is sheltered from the monsoon rains by the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri massifs and has annual precipitation of around 300mm, while Pokhara on the southern side of the massifs has substantial rainfall (3,900mm/year). Thus although annual precipitation is generally higher in east than the west, local variations are often more important.
The Himalayas have a profound effect on the climate of the Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan Plateau. They prevent frigid, dry winds from blowing south into the subcontinent, which keeps South Asia much warmer than corresponding temperate regions in the other continents. It also forms a barrier for the monsoon winds, keeping them from traveling northwards, and causing heavy rainfall in the Terai region. The Himalayas are also believed to play an important part in the formation of Central Asian deserts, such as the Taklamakan and Gobi.[28]
Vulture
Ecology[edit]
Main article: Ecology of the Himalayas
Captive snow leopard
The flora and fauna of the Himalayas vary with climate, rainfall, altitude, and soils. The climate ranges from tropical at the base of the mountains to permanent ice and snow at the highest elevations. The amount of yearly rainfall increases from west to east along the southern front of the range. This diversity of altitude, rainfall and soil conditions combined with the very high snow line supports a variety of distinct plant and animal communities. The extremes of high altitude (low atmospheric pressure) combined with extreme cold favor extremophile organisms.[29]
Male Himalayan Tahr in Nepal
Red Panda
At high altitudes, the elusive and previously endangered snow leopard is the main predator. Its prey includes members of the goat family grazing on the alpine pastures and living on the rocky terrain, notably the endemic bharal or Himalayan blue sheep. The Himalayan musk deer is also found at high altitude. Hunted for its musk, it is now rare and endangered. Other endemic or near endemic herbivores include the Himalayan tahr, the takin, the Himalayan serow, and the Himalayan goral. The critically endangered Himalayan subspecies of the brown bear is found sporadically across the range as is the Asian black bear. In the mountainous mixed deciduous and conifer forests of the eastern Himalayas, Red panda feed in the dense understories of bamboo. Lower down the forests of the foothills are inhabited by several different primates, including the endangered Gee's golden langur and the Kashmir gray langur, with highly restricted ranges in the east and west of the Himalayas respectively.
The unique floral and faunal wealth of the Himalayas is undergoing structural and compositional changes due to climate change. Hydrangea hirta is an example of floral species that can be found in this area. The increase in temperature is shifting various species to higher elevations. The oak forest is being invaded by pine forests in the Garhwal Himalayan region. There are reports of early flowering and fruiting in some tree species, especially rhododendron, apple and box myrtle. The highest known tree species in the Himalayas is Juniperus tibetica located at 4,900 metres (16,080 ft) in Southeastern Tibet.[30]
Culture[edit]
The Himalayan population belongs to four distinct cultural groups, who throughout history have systematically penetrated the isolated indigenous Himalayan population. Those migrating cultures – Hindu (Indian), Buddhist (Tibetan), Islamic (Afghanistan–Iran) and Animist (Burmese and south-eastern Asian) – without any doubt have created here their own individual and unique place.[5] Their current arrangement, though with a few exceptions, is linked to specific geographical regions, and the relative altitude at which they occur.
There are many cultural aspects of the Himalayas. In Jainism, Mount Ashtapad in Himalayas is a sacred place where the first Jain Tirthankara , Rishabhdeva attained moksha.[31][32] For the Hindus, the Himalayas are personified as Himavath, the father of the goddess Parvati.[33] The Himalayas is also considered to be the father of the river Ganges. The Mountain Kailash is a sacred peak to the Hindus and is where the Lord Shiva is believed to live.[citation needed] Two of the most sacred places of pilgrimage for the Hindus is the temple complex in Pashupatinath and Muktinath, also known as Saligrama because of the presence of the sacred black rocks called saligrams.[34]
The Buddhists also lay a great deal of importance on the mountains of the Himalayas. Paro Taktsang is the holy place where Buddhism started in Bhutan.[35]The Muktinath is also a place of pilgrimage for the Tibetan Buddhists. They believe that the trees in the poplar grove came from the walking sticks of eighty-four ancient Indian Buddhist magicians or mahasiddhas. They consider the saligrams to be representatives of the Tibetan serpent deity known as Gawo Jagpa.[36]
The Himalayan people’s diversity shows in many different ways. It shows through their architecture, their languages and dialects, their beliefs and rituals, as well as their clothing.[36] The shapes and materials of the people’s homes reflect their practical needs and the beliefs. Another example of the diversity amongst the Himalayan peoples is that handwoven textiles display colors and patterns unique to their ethnic backgrounds. Finally, some people place a great importance on jewellery. The Rai and Limbu women wear big gold earrings and nose rings to show their wealth through their jewellery.[36]
Religions of the region[edit]
The Taktsang Monastery, Bhutan, also known as the "Tiger's Nest"
Several places in the Himalayas are of religious significance in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. A notable example of a religious site is Paro Taktsang, where Padmasambhava is said to have founded Buddhism in Bhutan.[37] Padmasambhava is also worshipped as the patron saint of Sikkim. There are also Muslim and Hindhu Shaivite Kashmiri Pandit in the area of Kashmir.
In Hinduism, the Himalayas have been personified as the king of all Mountain – "Giriraj Himavat", father of Ganga and Parvati (form of Adi Shakti Durga).[38]
A number of Vajrayana Buddhist sites are situated in the Himalayas, in Tibet, Bhutan and in the Indian regions of Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Spiti and Darjeeling. There were over 6,000 monasteries in Tibet, including the residence of the Dalai Lama.[39] Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh are also dotted with numerous monasteries. The Tibetan Muslims have their own mosques in Lhasa and Shigatse.[40]
Resources[edit]
The Himalayas are home to a diversity of medicinal resources. Plants from the forests have been used for millennia to treat conditions ranging from simple coughs to snake bites.[34] Different parts of the plants – root, flower, stem, leaves, and bark – are used as remedies for different ailments. For example, a bark extract from an abies pindrow tree is used to treat coughs and bronchitis. Leaf and stem paste from an arachne cordifolia is used for wounds and as an antidote for snake bites. The bark of a callicarpa arborea is used for skin ailments.[34] Nearly a fifth of the gymnosperms, angiosperms and pteridophytes in the Himalayas are found to have medicinal properties, and more are likely to be discovered.[34]
Most of the population in some Asian and African countries depend on medicinal plants rather than prescriptions and such.[33] Since so many people use medicinal plants as their only source of healing in the Himalayas, the plants are an important source of income. This contributes to economic and modern industrial development both inside and outside the region.[33] The only problem is that locals are rapidly clearing the forests on the Himalayas for wood, often illegally.[41] This means that the number of medicinal plants is declining and that some of them might become rarer or, in some cases, go extinct.
Although locals are clearing out portions of the forests in the Himalayas, there is still a large amount of greenery ranging from the tropical forests to the Alpine forests. These forests provide wood for fuel and other raw materials for use by industries. There are also many pastures for animals to graze upon.[citation needed] The many varieties of animals that live in these mountains do so based on the elevation. For example, elephants and rhinoceros live in the lower elevations of the Himalayas, also called the Terai region. Also, found in these mountains are the Kashmiri stag, black bears, musk deer, langur, and snow leopards. The Tibetan yak are also found on these mountains and are often used by the people for transportation. However, the populations of many of these animals and still others are declining and are on the verge of going extinct.[citation needed]
The Himalayas are also a source of many minerals and precious stones. Amongst the tertiary rocks, are vast potentials of mineral oil. There is coal located in Kashmir, and precious stones located in the Himalayas. There is also gold, silver, copper, zinc, and many other such minerals and metals located in at least 100 different places in these mountains.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
List of Himalayan topics
Eastern, Garhwal and Western Himalaya
List of Himalayan peaks and passes and of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand
Indian Himalayan Region
List of mountains in India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal and China
List of Ultras of the Himalayas
Mahalangur Himal
Trekking peak
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Further reading[edit]
Aitken, Bill, Footloose in the Himalaya, Delhi, Permanent Black, 2003. ISBN 81-7824-052-1
Berreman, Gerald Duane, Hindus of the Himalayas: Ethnography and Change, 2nd rev. ed., Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1997.
Bisht, Ramesh Chandra, Encyclopedia of the Himalayas, New Delhi, Mittal Publications, c2008.
Everest, the IMAX movie (1998). ISBN 0-7888-1493-1
Fisher, James F., Sherpas: Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal, 1990. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1990. ISBN 0-520-06941-2
Gansser, Augusto, Gruschke, Andreas, Olschak, Blanche C., Himalayas. Growing Mountains, Living Myths, Migrating Peoples, New York, Oxford: Facts On File, 1987. ISBN 0-8160-1994-0 and New Delhi: Bookwise, 1987.
Gupta, Raj Kumar, Bibliography of the Himalayas, Gurgaon, Indian Documentation Service, 1981
Hunt, John, Ascent of Everest, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. ISBN 0-89886-361-9
Isserman, Maurice and Weaver, Stewart, Fallen Giants: The History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes. Yale University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-300-11501-7
Ives, Jack D. and Messerli, Bruno, The Himalayan Dilemma: Reconciling Development and Conservation. London / New York, Routledge, 1989. ISBN 0-415-01157-4
Lall, J.S. (ed.) in association with Moddie, A.D., The Himalaya, Aspects of Change. Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1981. ISBN 0-19-561254-X
Nandy, S.N., Dhyani, P.P. and Samal, P.K., Resource Information Database of the Indian Himalaya, Almora, GBPIHED, 2006.
Palin, Michael, Himalaya, London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson Illustrated, 2004. ISBN 0-297-84371-0
Swami Sundaranand, Himalaya: Through the Lens of a Sadhu. Published by Tapovan Kuti Prakashan (August 2001). ISBN 81-901326-0-1
Swami Tapovan Maharaj, Wanderings in the Himalayas, English Edition, Madras, Chinmaya Publication Trust, 1960. Translated by T.N. Kesava Pillai.
Tilman, H. W., Mount Everest, 1938, Cambridge University Press, 1948.
'The Mighty Himalaya: A Fragile Heritage,’ National Geographic, 174:624–631 (November 1988).
Turner, Bethan, et al. Seismicity of the Earth 1900–2010: Himalaya and Vicinity. Denver, United States Geological Survey, 2013.
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values: Гималай тăвĕсем – Chuvash

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display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-cs
display: none;

values:
https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaia
Himalaia – Corsican
co
co
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Welsh
cy
cy
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-cy
display: none;

values:
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Danish
da
da
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-da
display: none;

values:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – German
de
de
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-de
display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaja
Himalaja – Lower Sorbian
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dsb
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himaalaja
Himaalaja – Estonian
et
et
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: Ιμαλάια – Greek

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-el
display: none;

values:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Spanish
es
es
interlanguage-link-target

values:
https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalajo
Himalajo – Esperanto
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eo
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Extremaduran
ext
ext
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaia
Himalaia – Basque
eu
eu
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: هیمالیا – Persian

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Fiji Hindi
hif
hif
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaia
Himalaia – Faroese
fo
fo
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – French
fr
fr
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Western Frisian
fy
fy
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaia
Himalaia – Galician
gl
gl
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values: हिमालयाचो दोंगरी वाठार – Goan Konkani

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-gom
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-hak
display: none;

values: 히말라야산맥 – Korean

values:
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display: none;

values: Հիմալայներ – Armenian

values:
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display: none;

values: हिमालय – Hindi

values:
https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaja
Himalaja – Upper Sorbian
hsb
hsb
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaja
Himalaja – Croatian
hr
hr
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Ido
io
io
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Iloko
ilo
ilo
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Interlingua
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ia
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Italian
it
it
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: הימלאיה – Hebrew

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-he
display: none;

values:
https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Javanese
jv
jv
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: ಹಿಮಾಲಯ – Kannada

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values: ჰიმალაი – Georgian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ka
display: none;

values: ہِمالیٖہٕ – Kashmiri

values:
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display: none;

values: Гималай – Kazakh

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas
Himalayas – Cornish
kw
kw
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Swahili
sw
sw
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values: Ымалай – Kyrgyz

values:
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display: none;

values: Гималайвлӓ – Western Mari

values:
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display: none;

values: Гьималаяр – Lezghian

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaia
Himalaia – Latin
la
la
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaji
Himalaji – Latvian
lv
lv
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-lv
display: none;

values:
https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Luxembourgish
lb
lb
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalajai
Himalajai – Lithuanian
lt
lt
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Limburgish
li
li
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Lombard
lmo
lmo
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values: हिमालय – Marathi

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Malay
ms
ms
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values: ဟိမဝန္တာ တောင်တန်း – Burmese

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Dutch
nl
nl
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: हिमालय – Nepali

values:
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display: none;

values: हिमालय – Newari

values:
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display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ja
display: none;

values: Гималай – Chechen

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Northern Frisian
frr
frr
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Norwegian
no
no
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Norwegian Nynorsk
nn
nn
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imalaia
Imalaia – Occitan
oc
oc
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-oc
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr
display: none;

values:
https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himolay
Himolay – Uzbek
uz
uz
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-uz
display: none;

values: ਹਿਮਾਲਿਆ – Punjabi

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-pa
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb
display: none;

values:
https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaleyaz
Imaleyaz – Jamaican Creole English
jam
jam
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-jam
display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Piedmontese
pms
pms
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaje
Himalaje – Polish
pl
pl
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaias
Himalaias – Portuguese
pt
pt
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Romanian
ro
ro
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Quechua
qu
qu
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: Гімалаї – Rusyn

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-rue
display: none;

values: Гималаи – Russian

values:
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display: none;

values: Гималаай хайалара – Sakha

values:
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display: none;

values: हिमालयः – Sanskrit

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Saterland Frisian
stq
stq
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalajet
Himalajet – Albanian
sq
sq
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Sicilian
scn
scn
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-scn
display: none;

values: හිමාලය – Sinhala

values:
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display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-simple
display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaja
Himalaja – Slovenian
sl
sl
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sl
display: none;

values:
https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaje
Himalaje – Silesian
szl
szl
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values: Хималаји – Serbian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sr
display: none;

values:
https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaja
Himalaja – Serbo-Croatian
sh
sh
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sh
display: none;

values:
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaja
Himalaja – Finnish
fi
fi
interlanguage-link-target

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values:
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Swedish
sv
sv
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sv
display: none;

values:
https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Tagalog
tl
tl
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: இமயமலை – Tamil

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ta
display: none;

values:
https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Kabyle
kab
kab
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara
display: none;

values: Гималайлар – Tatar

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-tt
display: none;

values: హిమాలయాలు – Telugu

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-te
display: none;

values: เทือกเขาหิมาลัย – Thai

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-th
display: none;

values: Ҳимолой – Tajik

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-tg
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-tr
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-tk
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-uk
display: none;

values: سلسلہ کوہ ہمالیہ – Urdu

values: ھىمالايا تاغ تىزمىسى – Uyghur

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ug
display: none;

values:
https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Venetian
vec
vec
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-vec
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-vep
display: none;

values:
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Vietnamese
vi
vi
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-vi
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro
display: none;

values:
https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Waray
war
war
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-war
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu
display: none;

values: הימאלייע – Yiddish

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-yi
display: none;

values:
https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya
Himalaya – Yoruba
yo
yo
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-yo
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg
display: none;

values: 喜马拉雅山脉 – Chinese

values: हिमालय – Doteli

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-dty
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp
display: none;

values:
https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaia
Himalaia – Lingua Franca Nova
lfn
lfn
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: All languages (initial selection from common choices by you and others)

values:
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display: none; font-size: 13px;

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