Nanda Devi (7816m)
5Nanda Devi culmine à 7816 mètres en India, faisant partie de Himalayas, Asia. Ce sommet est classé comme Fold Mountain.
Nanda Devi is the highest mountain lying entirely within India, reaching 7,816 metres in the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand. Ringed by a wall of high peaks that enclose the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, it was long among the most inaccessible of the great summits, and its inner basin was not entered by explorers until the 1930s. It is a Himalayan fold mountain, held sacred in regional tradition and named for a revered goddess. The site rates it grade 5, an extreme classification, and access is now tightly restricted to protect the surrounding biosphere reserve. Its guarded approaches and protected status keep climbing exceptionally rare.
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À propos de cette montagne
Nanda Devi (7816m) is a fold mountain in the Himalayas, India. Grade 5/5: extreme expedition where supplemental oxygen is typically required. Formed by tectonic compression, it displays layered rock strata typical of fold ranges.
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Analyse topographique
Carte de contour
The topographic contour map of Nanda Devi (7816m) in the Himalayas shows elongated parallel contours following the ridge axis. Contour lines are drawn at 100m intervals, with index contours (thicker lines) every 500m. The hypsometric color scale ranges from green (lower elevations) through yellow and orange to white (highest elevations near the 7,816m summit). Above 3,800m, the estimated snow line at this latitude, contours transition to cooler tones indicating permanent snow and ice.
Profil d'altitude
The east–west elevation profile of Nanda Devi (7816m) in the Himalayas shows the terrain cross-section through the summit at 7,816m. The color gradient transitions from green (valley floor) to white (summit zone), with the red summit marker indicating the peak. The dashed blue snow line at 3,800m marks the approximate elevation above which permanent snow persists year-round.