Saturday, March 26, 2011

The Himalayan Region

Himalayan Region lies in the northern part of Nepal.Altitude over 3000 meters to 8848 meter above sea level.15% of the total land area is occupied by Himalayan Region.The world's highest peak Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) lies in this region.Other famous Himalaya like kanchanjungha,Annapurna,Makalu,Dhaulagiri,Manaslu,Lhotse etc are also lies in this Region.The climate in this region used to be cold.Mostly Sherpas live in this region.Sherpas are also famous for climbing mountain.They often make record to climb mountain.Specially people in this region wear thick woolen clothes like Bakkhu.Yak are available in this region.

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