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Words related to himalayas

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  • panda

    Also called giant panda. a white-and-black, bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, now rare and restricted to forest areas of central China containing stands of bamboo, on which it mainly subsists: formerly placed with the raccoon family but now classified as a bear subfamily, Ailuropodinae, or as the sole member of a separate family, Ailuropodidae, which diverged from an ancestral bear lineage.

  • abominable snowman

    a large legendary manlike or apelike creature, alleged to inhabit the Himalayan Mountains

  • annapurna

    a massif of the Himalayas, in Nepal. Highest peak: 8078 m (26 502 ft)

  • bhutan

    a kingdom in central Asia: disputed by Tibet, China, India, and Britain since the 18th century but most closely connected with India; contains inaccessible stretches of the E Himalayas in the north. Official language: Dzongka; Nepali is also spoken. Official religion: Mahayana Buddhist. Currencies: ngultrum and Indian rupee. Capital: Thimbu. Pop: 725 296 (2013 est). Area: about 46 600 sq km (18 000 sq miles)

  • dhaulagiri

    a mountain in W central Nepal, in the Himalayas. Height: 8172 m (26 810 ft)

  • ganges

    a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
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