In July, 1752, George Washington's brother, Lawrence, died of tuberculosis making him the heir apparent of the Washington lands. Lawrenceâs only child, Sarah, died two months later and Washington became the head of one of Virginia's most prominent estates, Mount Vernon. He was 20 years old.
The higest mountain in the country, Doi Inthanon is 2,565 meters above sea level. It is actually part of the Himalayas, the mountain range that stretches from Nepal and Bhuttan to Burma and Northern Thailand. It was originally known as Doi Luang, big mount in Thai. At the foot is Doi Inthanon National Park which is known for its biological diversity and complex ecological system that teems with wildlife.
The Himalayas are a mountain range in South Asia, the highest in the world. The west end is in Pakistan. They run through Jammu and Kashmir, into the Republic of India 's Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal states, Nepal, and the Kingdoms of Sikkim, and Bhutan. They end in the south of China's Tibetan Autonomous Region. The 15 highest mountains in the world are in the Himalayas. The main ones are the Mount Everest, K2, Annapurna, and Nanga Parbat. Mount Everest is the highest mountain on the face of the Earth. Mount Everest is 8,849 meters. There are over 100 mountains. Of the fifteen highest mountain peaks in the World, nine of them are in the Nepali Himalayas. The word Himalaya means House of Snow in Sanskrit, an old Indian language.