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Himalayan Mountain

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Himalayan Mountain

Himalayan Mountain

The highest plateau in China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with an average height of 4,500 meters above sea level.Meanehile,it’s the highest plateau in the world. The Himalayan Mountain is located in southern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its highest peak,Mount Qomolangma(or Mount Everest) is 8,848.13 meters above sea level.
Because the Himalayan mountain range is at a high altitude the air is very thin. The climate is very cold and is hard to survive in most parts. There are two main seasons winter and summer. The winters are long and very cold and the summers are short and cool. It is so cold because of its high altitude. Native peoples have learned to grow crops such as tea, rice and barley on the southern end of the mountain range. Also in that area tropical plants may be found, as well as animals such as the tiger, monkey, leopard and the Asian elephant. One of the main animals of this mountainous biome is the yak. The yak can be over six feet tall and usually weighs 1,100-1,200 pounds. You may think its weight would make it clumsy, but actually it is very agile. When provoked it will charge with its horns. It has special bodily functions such as a lot of long hair for warmth.
There are a lot of relative movie and song about the Himalayan mountain.Take the great song "the Himalayan mountain"for example,it male people know the place and deepen the image,too.