Describe any five features of Himalayan mountains.
- The Himalayas are the youngest mountains in the world and are; structurally; the folded mountains.
- The Himalayas run along the northern border of India. The Himalayas form an arc which is about 2,400 km long.
- The width varies from 400 km in Kashmir to 150 km in Arunachal Pradesh.
- The altitudinal variations are greater in the eastern part than in the western part.
- There are three parallel ranges in its longitudinal extent.