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Detailed explanation-1: -BEIJING, Aug 11 (Reuters) - China and Nepal have agreed to build the so-called Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network, the Chinese foreign ministry said, following a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -The network is also called as “Trans-Himalayan network”. It is an economic corridor between Nepal and China, under the Belt and Road Initiative.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Trans-Himalayas Mountain Region, also known as the Tibet Himalayan Region, is situated to the north of the Great Himalayas and includes the mountain ranges of Karakoram, Ladakh, Zaskar, and Kailash. The Karakoram Range is also known as the ‘backbone of high Asia’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Trans-Himalayas, eastward continuation of the most northerly ranges of the Himalayas in the southern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Detailed explanation-5: -Trans-Himalayan Rivers are those rivers that originate beyond the Greater Himalayas. Three of the major trans-Himalayan rivers are the Indus, the Brahmaputra, and the Sutlej.