The Greater Ranges comprise the high mountain ranges of Asia:
- the Himalayas,
- the Karakoram,
- the Hindu Kush and Hindu Raj,
- the Pamir Mountains,
- the Tien Shan,
- the Kunlun Shan,
- the Nyanchen Tangla (or Transhimalaya) and various smaller mountain ranges inside Tibet and in western China (in the Tibet-Sichuan-Yunnan region, including Qionglai Shan).
All of these ranges have peaks over 6000 m (19,695 ft), and most have peaks over 7,000 m (22,966 ft). The Greater Ranges contain all of the world's peaks 7000 m and higher.
The term was popular amongst alpinists in the Victorian period and was used to distinguished the high peaks of Asia from the European Alps.
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