GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Home of snow
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Home of ice
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Home of the fwog
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Home of the sleeping
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Detailed explanation-1: -The name Himalaya means “abode of snow” in Sanskrit. On November 20, 2015, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of fresh snow along the Himalayan range in central Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Himalaya Range The highest mountain range of India, Himalaya literally translates to “abode of snow” from Sanskrit. The Himalayan Mountain is the youngest range of India and is a new fold mountain formed by the collision of two tectonic plates.
Detailed explanation-3: -Himalaya is a Sanskrit word meaning “the Abode of Snow.” Mt. Everest (8848 meters) and Mt.
Detailed explanation-4: -Since ancient times the vast glaciated heights have attracted the attention of the pilgrim mountaineers of India, who coined the Sanskrit name Himalaya-from hima (“snow”) and alaya (“abode”)-for that great mountain system.