Mountain range
Himalayas
The 3rd largest of the 51 mountain ranges measured in this atlas.
surface area 600,000 km² · 3rd/51
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 600,000 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Elevation
- 8,849 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 2,400 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 250 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Highest point
- Mount Everest
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Countries
- 4 countries
- Share of the Natural Earth outline that lies within each country. Natural Earth outlines of mountain ranges and regions are label areas, not exact limits; provinces are therefore not listed.
- Wikidata
- Q5451
Among the world's mountain ranges
Each line is every one of the mountain ranges in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Surface area600,000 km²3rd of 51 · median 63,118 km²
- Elevation8,849 m1st of 139 · median 2,965 m
- Length2,400 km10th of 114 · median 645 km
- Width250 km21st of 62 · median 178 km