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The 68 pages that link to Himalayas, each with the reason it gives.

• Plate tectonicsRelated: Continental collision at its grandest: two continents welding into one.

• Tibetan PlateauRelated: The Himalayas mark the southern boundary of the plateau and share its tectonic origin.

• Orographic precipitationBroader topic: Monsoon air rising over the range produces heavy precipitation on its southern slopes.

• Orographic liftBroader topic: Monsoon air rising along the Himalayas produces intense rainfall on southern slopes and dry conditions farther north.

• Continental crustRelated: Their extreme crustal thickening exposes the effects of continental collision.

• South AsiaRelated: The Himalayas shape northern borders, river systems, climate, and movement across the region.

• Eurasian PlateBroader topic: They are the clearest large-scale expression of collision along the plate's southern margin.

• Continental collisionBroader topic: The Himalayas record ongoing continental convergence and crustal shortening.

• Tethys OceanBroader topic: Their uplift followed the closure of the Neo-Tethys Ocean.

• OrogenyBroader topic: The Himalayas exemplify ongoing continental collision and crustal shortening.

• Biodiversity hotspotBroader topic: Its steep environmental gradients support high diversity and localized endemism.

• OligoceneRelated: Oligocene uplift and erosion contributed to the evolving high-mountain region and its climate effects.

• Tectonic upliftBroader topic: Ongoing collision thickens crust and raises parts of the range and Tibetan Plateau.

• Indian subcontinentBroader topic: They form the subcontinent’s northern boundary and shape its climate.

• Tibet Autonomous RegionRelated: The range forms part of the region’s southern landscape and international frontier.

• AsiaBroader topic: They form a dramatic southern boundary to the Asian highlands.

• Indian PlateBroader topic: The Himalayas are the most visible mountain belt produced by the plate’s collision.

• GangesNarrower topic: Snow and glacier melt in the Himalayas supply the Ganges’s upper reaches.

• Altitudinal zonationBroader topic: Monsoon exposure and extreme relief create a wide range of vegetation belts.

• Convergent boundaryBroader topic: The range exemplifies continental collision after oceanic crust was consumed by subduction.

• Indo-Australian plateBroader topic: Their uplift records convergence along the plate's northern margin.

• EurasiaBroader topic: The range records an ongoing collision at Eurasia's southern edge.

• Tectonic plateBroader topic: Their uplift records the collision of two buoyant continental margins.

• TibetRelated: The range marks Tibet’s southern edge while providing routes and barriers to Bhutan.

• KarakoramCompared with: They lie southeast of the Karakoram and differ in geography and glacial distribution.

• Tian ShanCompared with: The Himalayas are the better-known southern expression of India–Asia collision.

• Eight-thousandersNarrower topic: Most eight-thousanders lie within this range.

• NepalNarrower topic: The Himalayas dominate Nepal’s northern landscape and include Mount Everest.

• Asian monsoonRelated: The range blocks cold, dry air and influences where monsoon moisture rises and rains out.

• Great Trigonometrical SurveyNarrower topic: The survey’s best-known peak calculations concerned this mountain range.

• Indo-Gangetic PlainRelated: Erosion of this mountain range supplies much of the plain’s river sediment.

• KangchenjungaNarrower topic: Kangchenjunga is one of the Himalayas’ highest peaks, in their eastern section.

• Nanga ParbatNarrower topic: Nanga Parbat is the westernmost major eight-thousander in this range.

• Snow leopardRelated: Snow leopards inhabit its high, rugged slopes.

• Eastern GhatsCompared with: Their active, towering relief contrasts with the Eastern Ghats’ ancient, eroded hills.

• Chenab RiverNarrower topic: The Chenab's headwaters rise among these mountains.

• Eastern HimalayaNarrower topic: The Eastern Himalaya is the easternmost major section of this mountain system.

• Mountain rangeBroader topic: The Himalayas exemplify a vast range built by continental collision.

• Tibetan Plateau upliftRelated: Their growth records convergence at Tibet's southern edge.

• Bearded vultureRelated: They remain part of the bearded vulture’s extensive high-altitude range.

• LhotseNarrower topic: Lhotse is one of the range’s highest peaks.

• ManasluNarrower topic: Manaslu is one of the high peaks created within this still-rising mountain system.

• Yarlung TsangpoRelated: The river cuts through the eastern Himalaya on its route into India.

• BuckwheatRelated: The Himalayan region is a major center of buckwheat cultivation and diversity.

• Cho OyuNarrower topic: Cho Oyu is one of the major peaks in this range.

• KathmanduRelated: Kathmandu lies in a basin south of the Himalayan highlands and serves as a gateway to mountain travel.

• ShishapangmaNarrower topic: Shishapangma stands in the Himalayan system, near the range’s western end.

• Beas RiverNarrower topic: The Beas originates in this mountain system.

• HypsometryBroader topic: Its high-relief terrain provides a distinct regional elevation distribution.

• MakaluNarrower topic: Makalu is one of the high peaks formed within this mountain system.