Himalayas

Example Sentences

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A huge, unstable chunk of glacier is blocking the route up Mount Everest from Base Camp in Nepal just as peak climbing season gets under way in the Himalayas.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

A parallel danger lurks in the Himalayas and other high mountain areas like the Andes, where melting glaciers have created thousands of new lakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

An engineer by training, Wangchuk is best known for pioneering water conservation projects in the Himalayas.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

The father-of-four was rushing to plaster the outside walls before returning to work in Riyadh, leaving his family and the snow-capped Himalayas on the horizon behind yet again.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

He had never hunted tigers in India, or climbed the peaks of the Himalayas, or dived for pearls in the South Seas.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater