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The range forms the western section of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region (HKH) [4] [5] [6] and is the westernmost extension of the Pamir Mountains, the Karakoram and the Himalayas. It divides the valley of the Amu Darya (the ancient Oxus) to the north from the Indus River valley to the south.
The Third Pole, also known as the Hindu Kush-Karakoram-Himalayan system (HKKH), is a mountainous region located in the west and south of the Tibetan Plateau.Part of High-Mountain Asia, it spreads over an area of more than 4.2 million square kilometres (1.6 million square miles) across nine countries, i.e. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Tajikistan ...
Hindu Kush – 800 km (500 mi) (section of the Hindu Kush-Greater Himalayas region) Precordillera – 800 km (500 mi) (considered section of the Southern Andes, American Cordillera) Dzhugdzhur Mountains – 700 km (430 mi) Stanovoy Highlands – 700 km (430 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains) Aravalli Range – 692 km (430 mi)
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre founded in 1981, serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalaya region – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.
The Himalayan range is bordered on the northwest by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, and on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Some of the world's major rivers , the Indus , the Ganges , and the Tsangpo – Brahmaputra , rise in the vicinity of the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home ...
Stretching from the Sabzak Pass near Herat in the west to the Little Pamir in the northeast, it includes the main Hindu Kush range and forms a western extension of the Himalayas. It is a highland area of more than 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level, mostly situated between 2,000 and 3,000 m (6,500 and 9,800 ft), with some peaks rising above ...
The Karakoram is the second-highest mountain range on Earth and part of a complex of ranges that includes the Pamir Mountains, Hindu Kush, and the Indian Himalayas. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The range contains 18 summits higher than 7,500 m (24,600 ft) in elevation , with four above 8,000 m (26,000 ft): [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] K2 (8,611 m (28,251 ft) AMSL ) (the ...
A honeycomb colony of Apis laboriosa on a vertical rockface in the Himalayas. Mad honey is produced in the foothills of the Himalayas by Himalayan giant honey bees (Apis laboriosa). [9] In southern Asia, Apis laboriosa nests are found mostly in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. [15]