Mountains of Asia | Everest, K2 & Every Great Range - Peaks and Heights Explained

Welcome to World Geography! I am Professor Imran, and today we climb the highest continent on Earth: ASIA. In this lecture we travel across ALL the great mountain ranges of Asia - with a new range every few moments - and learn the height of every great peak: The Himalayas - Mount Everest 8,849 m, the highest point on Earth The Karakoram - K2 8,611 m, Broad Peak and the Gasherbrum mountains The Hindu Kush - Tirich Mir 7,708 m above Chitral The Pamir - the Roof of the World, Ismoil Somoni 7,495 m The Kunlun and the Tien Shan - Liushi Shan and Jengish Chokusu The Altai, the Zagros and Taurus, the Caucasus (Elbrus 5,642 m), the Urals and Siberia The island peaks - Mount Fuji, Yushan and Mount Kinabalu A Pakistan spotlight: where three great ranges meet, with 5 of the world's 14 eight-thousanders How these ranges formed, and the 5 highest peaks of Asia Chapters: 00:00 Welcome 00:24 The Himalayas 00:47 The Karakoram 01:07 The Hindu Kush 01:27 The Pamir 01:47 Kunlun and Tien Shan 02:12 The Altai Mountains 02:32 Zagros and Taurus 02:52 The Caucasus 03:13 Urals and Siberia 03:32 Island Peaks of Asia 03:53 Pakistan Spotlight 04:18 How These Ranges Formed 04:40 The Five Highest Peaks 05:00 Closing If you love geography, please SUBSCRIBE to World Geography, press the BELL button, LIKE this video and SHARE it with your friends and students. Question for you: which Asian mountain would you like to see in your life? Tell us in the comments! #WorldGeography #MountainsOfAsia #MountEverest #K2 #Himalayas #Geography