Tibet, meanwhile, is behaving like a giant roadblock that prevents the Himalaya from moving northward. Under the peaks and under most of Tibet the Indian plate is apparently gliding along almost ...

not having suffered the mass-deforestation of other Himalayan countries. The Inner Himalaya is distinguished by its snow and ice clad peaks. These peaks border plateaus, and in turn form the ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. High in the Himalaya, a desert is turning green. Climate change in the Indian region of Ladakh has shrunk glaciers and ...

Show more Spanning five countries, the Himalaya is home to peoples who have adapted to living in the harshest of conditions. Journalist and broadcaster Ed Douglas, author of the first major ...

Nepal's Great Himalaya Trail runs 1,750km journey across the entire country and passes over some of the highest trekking ...