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INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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The Himalayan range is considered as the world’s highest mountain range, with its tallest peak ____ on the Nepal-China border.
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Hindu Kush
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Mt. Everest
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Tirich Mir
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Kunlun
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mount Everest is the highest of the Himalayan mountains, and-at 8, 850 meters (29, 035 feet)-is considered the highest point on Earth. Mount Everest is a peak in the Himalaya mountain range. It is located between Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reaching 8, 848 meters at its summit, Everest is indeed the highest point above global mean sea level-the average level for the ocean surface from which elevations are measured. But the summit of Mt. Everest is not the farthest point from Earth’s center.
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