The Himalayas Region

People might wonder some basic geography of Mount Everest. The first aspect of the geography of mount everest is the elevation. First of all it is the talled above ground mountain with a whopping elevation of 29,035 said Rosenberg. Mooney said that some glaciers are melting up to 8,850 meters up witch is equal to 29,035 feet up. At Everest's highest point, you are breathing in a third of the amount of oxygen you would normally breathe due to the atmospheric pressure (Bromwich).

Nepal is located in the Himalayan Mountains of South Asia. India and China are surrounding its borders with China that is on its northern border while India is the neighbor to the south, east, and west. Nepal is home to 31.5 million people with Kathmandu being its largest city with 1.4 million people. In modern Nepal, it is a multiethnic, multicultural, multi religious and multilingual country. However, Hindu is the predominant religion with 90 percent. (Youngblood, 2015) Nepali is the primary spoken language although 123 languages are spoken and Nepali spills over to parts of India. (Youngblood, 2015) It is home to eight of the then highest peaks in the world, with Mt. Everest standing at the Tibetans border. (Gale, 2015) These straightforward details make up Nepal, to get a deeper understanding of the facts that make up today we must look at its history.

Identified as the highest mountain on Earth, Mt. Everest is known as the Himalayan Spirit which rests on the southern border of Nepal, and the northern borders of China and Tibet. Its Nepali name is Sagarmatha, which means ‘Goddess of the sky’. The Summit stands at about 29,035 ft. above ground (8848metres high), and in which it grows by about a quarter of an inch (0.25”) each year. Its peak looks like a pyramid .It also contains a variety of rocks, different types of shale; marble and limestone.The summit range is made of sedimentary rocks, now far from the sea. It also includes Metamorphic and Granite rocks.

Mount Everest, one of the wonders of the world, has a great reputation for its height and characteristics. It is the tallest mountain on Earth from sea level and is ever so slightly increasing in height every year. Over 4000 people have attempted to climb Mount Everest and only a handful of people have acclaimed to make it to the top. Mount Everest is key to Nepal’s economy, however, after Nepal’s tourist rate has increased, the country is only becoming more polluted and fragile. If this increase, along with Nepal's population, continues to grow, then Nepal’s economy and stability will cease to exist.

With the impact of tourism increasing progressively since the 90’s when a natural iconic monument such as Everest is threatened to be changed and altered in a negative way, there is bound to be someone stepping in demanding protection and policy for protection. Luckily, Everest and the surrounding mountains are in a buffer zone, labeling it a national park with the intention of protecting its culture, diversity, and natural resources. Established July 19th, 1976, Sagarmatha National Park would give the Everest region the protection and management it needed to fend of careless travelers and opportunist from destroying such a space of natural beauty and phenomena. This kind of marker designates monies and resources that can go into development

Everest is the highest mountain in the world standing a stunning 8848m (29,028ft) above sea level. Interestingly, some claims have been made for other mountains having this honour. Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, for example, is actually the furthest point on the surface of the Earth from its centre. This is due to the way the earth bulges at the equator, putting Chimborazo's peak at 6,384.4km from the middle of the globe1. However, Chimborazo only stands a titchy 2,168m high from sea level; this makes it not even the highest peak in the Andes and less than a quarter of the height of Everest.

Mount Everest is only one of more than 30 crests in the Himalayas that are more than 24,000 feet/7315m high. The

According to mountaineer and notable author Mark Jenkins, “The two standard routes, the Northeast ridge and the Southeast ridge are not only dangerously crowded, but also disgustingly polluted, with garbage leaking out the glaciers and pyramids of human excrement befouling the high camps” (Abrams). One of the issues with the popularity of Everest is pollution. With all the adoration surrounding Everest and the first summit in 1953. Pollution on Everest is overlooked, and climbers are not always helping the cause, the problems climbers run into while making the trek leads to pollution as well. Referring to Professor Pablo Figueroa, he believes that there seems to be a growing awareness, but a problem with the implementation of coordinated, long-term sustainability policies may collide with the private interests of expeditions, tour operators and individual climbers (Figueroa). Therefore the Nepalese government, the climbers, and the Sherpas most come an understanding to help with pollution. Does economic growth get in the way? What is being done to stop pollution on Everest? Is it enough?

In the first step, through a literature review and secondary data, existing hazard levels and vulnerabilities at coastal areas will be understood and identified. Further, it will be identified the types of hazards, frequency and magnitudes as a prevailing vulnerability level to the community.

At a height of 8854m (29002 ft.), the Mount Everest stands as the highest mountain in the world. Certainly, such an expedition requires lots of preparations and mountaineers have to prepare for the extreme weather from the cold and freezing temperatures prior to attempting to climb the Mount Everest.

Mount Everest is officially the world tallest mountain with a peak of 29000 29 ft. Above sea level. It 's bigger than 21 Empire State Building stacked on top of each other. Everest is so high; the top reaches into the earth 's Stratosphere and crazily enough. It 's only getting taller shifting tectonic plates cause ever to rise about one-third of an inch per year. Mount Everest is the most grueling, exhausting, and dangerous peak on the planate.

Vulnerability is a term that does not a single set definition but can be defined in many different ways. This essay aims to unpack vulnerability and what it is comprised of, namely exposure, sensitivity and resilience. This essay will briefly explain three approaches of vulnerability assessment, which are: risk/hazard, ecological resilience and political ecology/economy, and to go in depth into the political ecology/economy approach. The essay also aims to discuss a case study that uses one of these approaches and to explore how the case study uses this approach. The essay will then discuss other approaches that may have been used for the case study and will conclude with suggesting which approach is most appropriate for the case study and why.

Therefore the mechanism applied should include human vulnerability analysis and mapping, combined with more quantitative risk surveys and geo physical assessment, On the contrary, the hazard based approach has its implicit weaknesses. For example, it has neglected environmental quality in the past and was hesitant in recognizing the role of global attributes such as climate change and poverty in raising the human vulnerability. In the present time the priority is to integrate these differences across the hazard related disciplines in order to form a safer and more secure environment for all.

The Himalayas is a vital region that facilitates mountain tourism to a number of countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, China, India and Nepal. The unique landscape and scenery of Himalayas is the main attraction to tourist activities in this region. Tourism industry is one of the major contributors to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employment. As an example, tourism sector contributes 9.4% of GDP and 8.2% of total employment in 2012 for Nepal. (World Travel & Tourism Council 2013)

Abstract— Climatic conditions of Nepal vary from one place to another in accordance with the geographical features. Climate change is changing our economy, health and communities in diverse ways. The effects of rising temperatures are not only melting glaciers and sea ice, it’s also shifting precipitation patterns and setting animals on the move. The erratic rainfalls and increase in frequency of extreme events such as floods and drought. Most of the big rivers of Nepal are glacier-fed and its main resources of water and hydroelectricity will be seriously affected due to the ongoing changes in glacier reserves, snowfall and natural hazards. Nepal is largely a mountainous country and current indications are that the mountain regions are more vulnerable due to increased warming trends high variation in altitude with in very short distances. These alarming trends not only make Nepal 's major sectors of economy such as agriculture, tourism and energy more vulnerable but also endanger the health, safety and wellbeing of Nepali people. The main objective of the study is to identify the impacts of climate change on the development paradigm of the country in context of water resources. The prophecy behind this study is to add the future development of Nepal regarding poverty alleviation, social equity, security and welfare. The climate change trends and its impacts may differ in various local regions, it has affected Nepal with less monsoonal rains across the high mountains and