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珠穆朗玛峰英文介绍Everest
Everest（珠穆朗玛峰）is the highest mountain on Earth （as measured from sea level）。 Snow-capped mountains， azure sky， golden rays of sunshine， the pure and mysterious aura of Tibet has excited the imagination of so many people of the world.
The summit ridge of the mountain marks the border between Nepal and Tibet. In Nepali the mountain is called Sagarmatha （Sanskrit for "forehead of the" sky） and in Tibetan Chomolangma or Qomolangma （"mother of the universe"）。 Although it was named Everest by Sir Andrew Waugh， the British surveyor-general of India， in honour of his predecessor Sir George Everest， the popular pronunciation of Everest （Ev-er-est） is different from how Sir George pronounced his own last name （Eve-rest）。
They all battled freezing temperatures. Winds up to one-hundred-sixty-kilometers per hour. Dangerous mountain paths. And they all risked developing a serious illness caused by lack of oxygen. All for the chance to reach the top of the world.
The first and most famous of the climbers to disappear on Mount Everest was George Mallory. The British schoolteacher was a member of the first three trips by foreigners to the mountain. In nineteen-twenty-one， Mallory was part of the team sent by the British Royal Geographical Society and the British Alpine Club. The team was to create the first map of the area and find a possible path to the top of the great mountain.
At the time， scientists believed that a person at the top of the mountain would only have enough oxygen to sleep. Scientists believed that Messner and Habeler would die without oxygen. Scientists now know that two conditions make climbing at heights over eight-thousand meters extremely difficult. The first is the lack of oxygen in the extremely thin air. The second is the low barometric air pressure.
Today， scientists say a person lowered onto the top of the mountain would live no more than ten minutes. Climbers can survive above eight-thousand meters because they spend months climbing on the mountain to get used to the conditions. Climbing to the top of Mount Everest is a major victory for any person， but imagine if the climber could not see. Two years ago， the first blind man successfully reached the top of Everest. Erik Weihenmayer （WINE-may-er） was a thirty-two-year-old American. He climbed to the summit with the help of his team.
珠穆朗玛峰，藏语意为“圣母”，海拔8844.43米，为世界第一高峰，位于喜马拉雅山中段之中尼边界上、西藏日喀则地区定日县正南方。峰顶终年积雪，一派圣洁景象。珠峰地区拥有4座8000米以上、38座7000米以上的山峰，被誉为地球第三级。 珠峰山脚下建有一座世界海拔的寺庙——绒布寺，同时，绒布寺也是观看珠穆朗玛峰的位置，两者直线距离25公里。 珠穆朗玛峰是典型的断块上升山峰。 在其前寒武纪变质岩系基底和上覆沉积岩系间为冲掩断 层带，早古生代地层即顺此带自北往南推覆于元古代地 层上。峰体上部为奥陶纪早期或寒武一奥陶纪的钙质岩 系（峰顶为灰色结晶石灰岩），下部为寒武纪的泥质岩 系（如千枚岩、夹片岩等），并有花岗岩体、混合岩脉 的侵入。岩层倾向北北东，倾角平缓。始新世中期结束 海侵以来，珠穆朗玛峰不断急剧上升，上新世晚期至今 约上升了3000米。由于印度板块和亚洲板块以每年5.08 厘米的速度互相挤压，致使整个喜马拉雅山脉仍在不断 上升中，珠穆朗玛峰每年也增高约1.27厘米。 珠穆朗玛峰山谷冰川发育，山峰周围辐射状展布有许多条规模巨大的山谷冰川，长度在10公里以上的有18条，末端海拔 3600～5400米。其中以北坡的中绒布、西绒布和东绒布3大冰川与它们的30多条中小型支冰川组成的冰川群为 著。珠穆朗玛峰周围5000平方公里范围内冰川覆盖面积 约1600平方公里。在许多大冰川的冰舌区还普遍出现冰 塔林。古冰斗、冰川槽形谷地、冰川或冰水侵蚀堆积平 台、侧碛和终碛垄等古冰川活动遗迹也屡见不鲜。寒冻 风化强烈，峰顶岩石嶙峋，角峰与刃脊高耸危立，遍布 岩屑坡或石海。土壤表层反复融冻形成石环、石栏等特 殊的冰缘地貌现象。 位置：位于喜马拉雅山中段之中尼边界上、西藏日喀则地区定日县正南方。 气候：珠穆朗玛峰气候具明显季风特征。冬半年干燥而风大。为干季和风季。夏半年为雨季。珠穆朗玛峰南北坡气候差异很大，南坡降水丰沛，具有海洋性季风气候特征；北坡降水少，呈大陆性高原气候特征。 旅游时间：4～5月和10月是两个过渡季节，天气晴朗温和，为攀登珠穆朗玛峰的黄金季节。