The Himalayas are often referred to as the Young Fold Mountains due to their relatively recent formation and ongoing geological activity. Formed by the collision of tectonic plates millions of years ...

Himalayas formed one of the most glamorous and youngest ranges in the world. They lie between the Indo-Gangetic Plains, in the south and the Tibetan Plateau, in the north to create a natural barrier ...

Nepal’s new Rastriya Swatantra party is heading for a landslide win in the country’s first parliamentary election since youth ...

Guwahati (Assam) [India], January 27 (ANI): Research from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have developed a predictive framework to identify the locations where glacial lakes are ...

The series Nepal Made profiles world-class Nepali products and the people behind them. The Dutch colonised Indonesian island of Java in 1596, and found that the coffee plant thrived in its fertile ...

The Rocky Mountain chain is a fascinating geologic formation, as it (at least, at first glance) defies some basic geological rules, including that most mountain ranges form subduction zones. A new ...

New disclosures reveal that China’s planned super-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo — the world’s highest-altitude major river, better known as the Brahmaputra — is not a single structure. Rather, it is a a ...

Figure 1. Model showing the crustal structure and stress field of the Eastern Himalayas. Two vertical faces are receiver function images across-strike and along-strike of the Himalayas. There is a ...

When you think of the Himalayas, India typically isn’t top of mind. The Indian Himalayas stretch from China to the border of Nepal, and those who know say the Kumaon region is the most majestic. Its ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri or “benevolent mountains,” form a majestic 1,600-kilometre-long chain running parallel to the western ...

“We cater to travelers who have been everywhere and are looking for soft adventure, spiritual immersion and cultural experiences in Tibet and Yunnan,” says Songtsam spokesperson Florence Li. I have ...