Greater Ranges

The Greater Ranges comprise the high mountain ranges of Asia:

• the Himalayas,
• the Karakoram,
• the Hindu Kush and Hindu Raj,
• the Pamir Mountains,
• the Tien Shan,
• the Kunlun Shan,
• the Nyanchen Tangla (or Transhimalaya) and various smaller mountain ranges inside Tibet and in western China (in the Tibet-Sichuan-Yunnan region, including Qionglai Shan).

All of these ranges have peaks over 6000 m (19,695 ft), and most have peaks over 7,000 m (22,966 ft). The Greater Ranges contain all of the world's peaks 7000 m and higher.

The term was popular amongst alpinists in the Victorian period and was used to distinguished the high peaks of Asia from the European Alps.