Himalayan states | |
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Afghanistan Bhutan China India Myanmar Nepal Pakistan |
The term Himalayan states is used to group countries that straddle the Himalayas. It primarily denotes Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan; some definitions also include Afghanistan and Myanmar. [1] [2] Two countries—Bhutan and Nepal—are located almost entirely within the mountain range, which also covers southern Tibet, the Indian Himalayan Region, and northern Pakistan. [3]
The inhabitants of this region are mostly speakers of the Indo-Aryan languages and the Tibeto-Burman languages. [4]
Some of the world's major transboundary rivers originate in the territory of the Himalayan states, including the Brahmaputra, the Ganges, the Indus, and the Irrawaddy. [5]