Mountains Of Asia Map
Several significant mountain ranges stretch across asia.
Mountains of asia map. The himalayas home to bhutan and nepal and separating south asia from china is the tallest mountain range in the world and its highest peak mount everest is the tallest mountain on earth. Asia country map test. Altay or altai the altay mountains are a mountain range in east central asia where russia china mongolia and kazakhstan come together and where the rivers irtysh and ob have their sources. 1 140 alay mountains alai mountains kyrgyzstan tajikistan.
Physical map of asia. Jump to navigation jump to search. Here we highlight on the map and describe the major ones including the altay gahats himalayan kunlun tien shan ural and zagros mountains. Alagalla mountain range potato range sri lanka.
The physical geography can be easily understood with the help of map. This is a list of mountain ranges in asia. It is divided into five major parts mountain region freshwater environments plateaus saltwater environments desserts and plain. Tsunami map 2004 middle east maps.
The himalaya proper stretches from the indus river in pakistan through india nepal and bhutan and ends at the bramaputra river in eastern india. Strait of hormuz map. Southeast asia outline map. Top mountain ranges of asia top ten significant mountain ranges that are the homes of the highest mountain peaks of asia with peaks of over 1000 meters are.
A list of mountain ranges in asia with links to specific pages dedicated to the some of the most famous mountains and ranges on the continent. John moen is a cartographer. Capital cities map country names included landforms map. About the author.
Rank mountain height m range prominence state name. Length km highest mountain max height ft al hajar mountains. Physical map of asia all about the physical geography of asia. Three major asian rivers are also sourced from the himalayas the brahmaputra the ganges and the indus which each approach 2 000 miles 3 219 kilometers in length.
The himalaya range the kunlun mountains the tien shan mountains the altai mountains the ural mountains the zagros mountains the hindu kush the western ghats or sahyadri the eastern ghats or pūrva ghaṭ and the pamir mountains. The physical geography of asia is a matter of talk among the world s geographers. Ghats the western. List of mountain ranges in asia.
Belukha mountain is the highest peak at 4 506 m 14 784 ft. Landform maps of asia deserts lakes mountains and rivers.