Talk:Himalayas/to do

The pictures of the Himalayas are mostly from India where 80%-85% of the mountains are in Nepal. It is very unbiased to give the readers a false impression of the real locations of these mountains. There should be pictures of Nepal, Pakistan and Bhutan's trekking regions as well.

There are no such thing as the Himalayas. The proper term is single Himalaya meaning "Abode of the Snows". A single himalayan peak is a Himal. Can somebody who knows how to change both the links to this and the page itself go ahead and change "Himalayas" to "The Himalaya". I have read this from multiple sources including Lonely Planet Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya 2009.

It says 750 million people live in the watersheds of the Himalaya. I'm not sure what the real number is, but it's got to be much much higher.


 * People will have problems living on the watershed - it's high and cold. Perhaps it should be "catchment area"?
 * There's some international confusion here. In the U.S., watershed is synonymous with catchment area.  Nevertheless I think catchment area is unambiguous and shouldn't provoke fits of nationalism. LADave (talk) 08:04, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Also, the current statement on deglaciation is incorrect, and needs to be updated according to the most recent discussion page on the topic.