喜马拉雅山脉从缅甸一直绵亘到兴都库什山中亚分水邻，对亚洲水循环和天气和气候模式起着核心作用，包括引发每年的夏季季风。
Stretching from Myanmar to the Hindu-Kush watershed of Central Asia, the Himalayas play a central role in driving Asia’s hydrological cycle and weather and climate patterns, including triggering the annual summer monsoons.