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The Himalayan Mountains
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The Himalayas
By: Joyceyln and Juliana
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
The Himalayas are home to many of the world’s highest mountains, including Mount Everest. The Himalayas are the third largest deposit of ice and snow in the world, after Antarctica and the Arctic. There are approximately 15,000 glaciers located throughout the range. The Himalayas can range from subtropical climates in the north, to average winter temperatures in the south. Animals that live in these mountains include: snow leapords, black bears, red pandas, tahrs and gorals. Vegetation include alpine meadows with herbaceous vegetation.
Location of the Himalayas
The Himalayan mountains are located in South Asia, mainly located in India, but also sprawls east to west from Afghanistan through Pakistan to India into Nepal. Part of the Himalayas are located in the northern hemisphere while the other half is located in the southern hemisphere.
Location of the Himalayas
What is the importance of The Himalayas?
The Himalayas have the most beautiful geographical feature in India. No other mountain feature in the world has affected the life of people and shaped the destiny of a nation as the Himalayas have in India. The Himalayas not only provides bountiful natural resources but also provides protection from invaders and climate influence. Examples of these are:
-climate influence: due to their height, length and direction, they intercept incoming storms and causes light precipitation in the form of rain or snow
-Defence: The Himalayas have been protecting India from outside invaders for many years, serving as a defense barrier.
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-Source of Rivers: Abundant rainfall and glaciers fall into the rivers and quenches the thirst of hundreds of tributaries
-Fertile soil: The Himalayas provide an abundace of clean soil perfect for growing agriculture. Speaking of agriculture, agriculture is another reason the Himalayas is important to the people of India, acting as a food source for many people.
Other ways the Himalayan mountains are important is their amount of forests, minerals, and source of electricity.
What natural resources does The Himalayas provide?
What natural resources does The Himalayas provide?
- Himalayas forests provide fuel wood and a large varitey of raw materials for forest based industries.
- Fresh water is in the Himalayas rivers and oceans, helping animals and people as a source of water
- Minerals found in the mountains are great sources for mining and oil industries, as well as providing medicine
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- The great rivers and their tributaries carry enormous quantites of alluvim while descending from the Himalayas. This is deposited in the Great Plain of North India in the form of the fertile soil,making the plain one of the most fertile lands of the world.
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What are problems this place is facing?
What are problems this place is facing?
For many years the Himalayan Mountains has served an important role in developing the ecosystem, helping acheive manmade goals, and providing many natural resources. Unfortunately, due to the amount of pollution and manmade destruction, the Himalayan Mountains are facing numerous problems.
- Melting Glaciers: 70% of the earth’s surface is water. Of the remaining 30%, 20 is land and 10 is ice. The Himalayas contain the thrid largest desposit of snow and ice in the world. There are about 15 000 glaciers in the Himalayas. The bad news is, the glaciers in the Himalayas is melting, not just due to global warming but also to deforestation. The impact of this is that it will interfere with freshwater resources and flood most ares.
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- Deforestation: Trees are being cut down in the Himalayas because of logging and paper industries. Without the roots of the trees holding on to the soil, erosion resulting in mud and landslides will occur. Not only that, the result of deforestation leaves animals without homes, and releases CO2 in the air.
- Climate Change: Climate problems resulting in issues like global warming melts the glaciers and polar ice caps in the Himalayas, causing floods.
What can we do about these problems?
What can we do about these problems?
What we can do about these problems is to stop cutting down trees because they're homes to many animals. When people cut down trees, animals are forced to find a new habitat, in some cases, you may see an animal that does not belong in a human area.This cause can kill many animals because they can't find a new habitat and they can die. Also trees hold an incredible amount of CO2. By cutting down the trees you are releasing CO2 in the atmosphere. This causes the earth to get very hot, resulting in high temperatures around the world.
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Another way we can solve these problems is by limiting our carbon footprint and polluting less in the environment. The result of global warming is melting the glaciers and ice caps in the Himalayas. When these glaciers melt, they will interfere with fresh water resources and flood many rivers and towns.
What will happen in 50 years if nothing changes?
Unfortunately, things are not looking so good for the Himalayan Mountains. If ntohing changes in the next 50 years, we will use up all the natural resources in the Himalayas and we won't have that resource we really need from the Himalayas, such as fresh water. In Canada we take fresh water for granted and don't think about the fact that we are wasting fresh water that other countries could use for drinking.If the fresh water from the Himalayas is all used up we will have less fresh water for the rest of the world.
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Minerals are abundant in the Himalayan Mountains. Most of these minerals are used to make smartphones, laptops, and cars. The problem is that people are overmining, causing many minerals to run out. And since minerals are non-renewable, minerals cannot be retrieved when completely gone. Raw minerals found in the Himalayas are a key sector for living, but is also running out. Many key economy sectors such as automotive and renewable energy are dependent on a substainable supply of raw materials. Without them, there wouldn't be any smartphones, laptops,or cars. Although this all may not happen in the next 50 years, this situation will be present soon if we don't change our actions.
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Minerals found in the mountains are sources for mining and oil industries, as well as providing medicine. But if we use all these minerals up, medicine would eventually run out, this cause could kill many people.
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A VIDEO OF THE HIMALAYAS
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A VIDEO OF THE HIMALAYAS
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