The ..... mountain system located in northeast India contains the highest peak in the world! Name this peak for an extra credit point .....

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The ____ mountain system located in northeast India contains the highest peak in the world! Name this peak for an extra credit point ____

A	Ande
B	Rocky
C	Appalachian
D	Himalayan

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Kanchenjunga, also spelled Kangchenjunga or Kinchinjunga, Nepali Kumbhkaran Lungur, world’s third highest mountain, with an elevation of 28, 169 feet (8, 586 metres).

Detailed explanation-2: -One of those peaks is Mount Everest (Tibetan: Chomolungma; Chinese: Qomolangma Feng; Nepali: Sagarmatha), the world’s highest, with an elevation of 29, 032 feet (8, 849 metres; see Researcher’s Note: Height of Mount Everest.

Detailed explanation-3: -Apart from the famous mountain peaks like Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga there are other peaks like Nanga Parbat, Annapurna, Manaslu, Lahotse, Dhaulagiri. Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world. The highest mountain Kangchenjunga is located at the border of India and Nepal in the great Himalayas range, Sikkim.

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