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List of mountains in Nepal

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Nepal also home to Himalayas i.e.Himal meaning Mountains in (Nepali) and Laye mean Land in (Nepali)]. Almost all of Nepal is mountainous and it contains a large section of the Himalayas range peaks including the highest mountain range in the world. Eight of the fourteen eight-thousands are located in the country, either in whole or shared across a border with China or India. Nepal has the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest at a height of 8,848.86m as well as 1,310 peaks over 6,000 m height.

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Other ranges

North of the Greater Himalayas in western Nepal, ~6,100 metre Tibetan Border Ranges form the Ganges-Brahmaputra divide, which the international border generally follows. South of the Greater Himalayas, Nepal has a High Mountain region of ~4,000 metre summits, then the Middle Hills and Mahabharat Range with 1,500 to 3,000 metre summits. South of the Mahabharats, an outer range of foothills with ~1,000 metre summits is called the Siwaliks or Churiya Hills.

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