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__﻿ Himalaya's __ Himalaya means "abode of snow" or also "home of snow" because the tallest peaks are always capped with snow.In summer, the Himalaya's are capped with snow, also. That means that there are big glaciers, and lots of them. 4,500 to 6,000 m is when snow starts to appear. The Himalayas is the scorce of two of the world's major river systems. The Yeti is supposto represent or be a large primate-type that lives in the Himalayas. The Himalaya's hold over 3o peaks, and 9 containing the worlds highest peaks. 750 million people live in the watershed area of the Himalaya rivers. 

__ M ount Everest__
Mount Everest is 8,848 m high, and is the highest mountain in the Himalayas. Most people are unable to breathe 20,000 feet above sea level because there is not enough oxygen in the atmosphere. Many people attempt to climb Mount Everest, but sadly, they end up with sickness, or death.No plant life grows near the mountains peak due to powerful winds, extreamely cold temperatures, and lack of oxygen. Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary have made the first attempt to climb Mount Everest in May 1953, and sucessfully!



__K-2 __
K-2 is the worlds 2nd highest mountain- located in the Himalayas, and a height of 8,611 m. The real name or local name of the mountain is Chogori, which is the language of Balti, means "the king of mountains". If you attempt K2 you have a 1 in 4 chance of dying. 

__Animals __
Black Bears, musk deer, snow lepords, foxes, wolves, langur monkeys, red pandas, and Himalayan Tahrs and yaks. Scince the Himalayan Mountains are a harsh eviroment, those animals need to stay well equipt. The **Himalayan Tahr** is a animal like goat wich has longer hair, and brownish red hair. It typically lives on the rocky hillsides of the Himalaya's. The **Himalayan Yak** is a type of ox that has long shaggy hair and lives where there is much grass and lichen. (lichen is like a fungus)



__The Mountains __
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">The mountains are not made of dirt, but all rock. They all started at the bottom of an ocean sea floor. Over millions of years passed, and rivers and streams washed rocks and soil form other existing mountains, nearby Asia into a shallow sea where it all got dumped onto the sea floor. Layers formed, and millions of years later until pressure and weight from the sediments caused it to turn into rock. Then, in a process called "uplifting", the sea floor began to be forced upward forming mountains.

__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">﻿Vegatation __
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">The lowest area of the mountains called the forested area, has trees that include birch, juniper, blue pines, firs, and bamboo. Higher up is a zone called the alpine scrub, where plants are small and bare to live in the harsh conditions. Even higher up, is the alpine zone, which only lichens and mosses survive. Lastly, anything above 5,750 m is the arctic zone, where nothing grows.

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__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Facts __

 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Italy's Reinhold Messner has climbed Mount Everest twice without oxygen, once in four days. He is also the first climber to climb the Mount Everest solo, which he did in 1980.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Ten years earlier, Yuichiro Miura of Japan became the first person to descend the Mount Everest on skis.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">In 1975, Junko Tabei, again from Japan, became the first woman to climb Mount Everest.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">The first disabled person to attempt Mount Everest was American Tom Whittaker, who climbed with a prosthetic leg to 24,000 feet in 1989, 28,000 feet in 1995, and finally reached the summit in 1998.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">The record for most ascents to the Mount Everest belongs to Sherpa Ang Rita, who has reached the summit ten times.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">75% of Nepal is covered by the Himalayas.

__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">~5 Paragraph Essay~ __
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">The Himalayan Mountains

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">The Himalaya Mountains are tall and beautiful peaks. Himalaya means “abode of snow” or “home of snow” because the tallest peaks are always capped with snow, and I mean in summer, too. That means there are glaciers; and lots of them. 4,500 to 6,000 m is when the snow starts appearing at the peaks. The Himalayas hold over 30 peaks, containing 9 of the world’s highest peaks. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Mount Everest is the world’s tallest mountain in the world; that is 8,848 m. Lots of people have died attempting to climb Mount Everest, because there isn’t much oxygen in the atmosphere. That’s why people “bring” oxygen along. Most people lost their lives because their venture slowly stops to a sickness, or death. Not much plant life grows, due to the powerful winds, extremely cold temperatures, and lack of oxygen. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">K-2 is the world’s second highest mountain with a height of 8,611 m. k-2’s local name is Chogori in the language of Balti, meaning “king of mountains”. If you try to climb K-2, you will have a 1 in 4 chance of dying. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Black bears, musk deer, snow leopards, foxes, wolves, langur monkeys, red pandas, tahrs, and yaks are found in the Himalayan Mountains. A Himalayan tahr is an animal like a goat which has longer hair and lives on the rocky hillsides of the Himalaya’s. The yak is a type of ox that has long shaggy hair and lives where there is much grass and lichen. (Fungus) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">There isn’t very much vegetation in the Himalayan Mountains. The lowest area, called the forested area, has trees that include birch, juniper, blue pines, firs, and bamboo. Higher up is the alpine scrub where all lucky plants still living are small, and bare, from the harsh conditions. The alpine zone, which is even higher up, is where only mosses and lichen survive. Lastly, nothing higher than 5,750 m is the arctic zone; where nothing grows. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">The Himalayan Mountains are awesome! The peaks have soft, cloudy white snow covering their tips. The animals roam around freely, not caged in like a zoo. The small vegetation gets snipped away like a lawnmower from hungry scavengers. Mount Everest even has company each year; us! We climb the mountains thick layers of stone, and we feel proud. Hopefully those rocky mountains don’t disappear on us, because they bring pleasure to our explorers.

__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Vocabulary __

 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Summit- the hightest point or part of a hill.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Mount Everest-the tallest mountain in the world.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Himalayas- big mountain range home in India, Pakistan, China, Bhutan and Nepal, also home to Mount Everest.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Peak- the pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Siachen Glacier- The second largest glacier in the world; outside of the polar region.

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