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Anthropology of High Altitude Environments

Anthropology of High Altitude Environments. Highest Mountain in the World: Mount Everest, Tibet and Nepal, 29,035ft, 8,850m. Highest Mountain in Western Europe Mont Blanc, France-Italy: 15,771 feet / 4807 meters. Highest Mountain in North America McKinley (Denali), Alaska:

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Anthropology of High Altitude Environments

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  1. Anthropology of High Altitude Environments

  2. Highest Mountain in the World: Mount Everest, Tibet and Nepal, 29,035ft, 8,850m Highest Mountain in Western EuropeMont Blanc, France-Italy: 15,771 feet / 4807 meters Highest Mountain in North AmericaMcKinley (Denali), Alaska: 20,320 feet / 6194 meters

  3. Highest Mountain in the 48 Contiguous United StatesWhitney, California: 14,494 feet / 4418 meters Highest Mountain in AfricaKilimanjaro, Tanzania: 19,340m / 5895m Highest Mountain in South AmericaAconcagua, Argentina: 22,834 feet / 6960 meters

  4. Highest Mountain in EuropeElbrus, Russia (Caucasus): 18,510 feet / 5642 meters Highest Mountain in AntarcticaVinson Massif: 16,066 feet / 4897 meters Second Highest Mountain in the World: K2 or Mt. Austin Goodwin, Korakoram Range Pakistan-China Border, 28,251ft / 8,611m

  5. Mount Everest-Tibet and Nepal :29,035ft, 8,850m K2 or Mt. Austin Goodwin- Korakoram Range Pakistan-China Border: 28,251ft, 8,611m Kangchenjunga- Eastern Himalaya Tibet-Nepal Border: 28,169ft, 8586m Lhotse- China-Nepal Border: 8516m, 28,000ft Makalu-China-Nepal Border: 8,463, 27,800ft. Cho Oyu- Eastern Nepal-Tibet Border: 8,201 m., 26,906 Dhaulagiri- Eastern Nepal-Tibet Border: 8,201m, 26,906 ft. Manaslu- Nepal: 8,156m, 26,758ft. Nanga Parbat Peak-Gilgit, Baldistan, Korakoram Range, Pakistan: 8,126m, 26,660ft. Annapurna: Central Nepal: 8,091m, 26,545ft. World’s 10 Highest Peaks

  6. Mountain Statistics 1/8 (one-eighth) of the world's people live in the mountains. 1/4 (one-fourth) of the world’s landscape is mountainous. 1/4 (one-fourth) of the world’s tourists choose mountains to play or relax in. 1/2 (one-half) of the world's people rely on mountain watersheds for fresh water. 3/4 (three-fourths) of the world’s countries have mountain ranges or high plateaus.1,000’s (thousands) of different languages are spoken in mountain regions. 1,000,000,000 (one billion) people consider Mt. Kailash (in Asia) to be a sacred mountain. 2,000,000,000 (two billion) people depend on mountains for food, hydroelectricity, timber, or mineral resources.

  7. Mount Kailash (6,638m / 21,778 ft) Located in China (Tibet)

  8. People and Cultures of High Altitudes Places and Landscapes of High Altitude

  9. Andes

  10. Himalaya and Korakoram

  11. Alps

  12. Rocky Mountains

  13. Dr. Pitambar Sharma, Geographical Development Expert: "Mountain culture is different from other cultures. If you go to  mountain regions of other parts of the world, say to Bolivia or Ecuador in South America, and come back to the mountains of Nepal, you sense some commonalities. People's capacity to adapt to mountain environment - coping mechanism - is more or less similar no matter which mountain regions of the world they come from."

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