The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everest as seen from the International Space Station. The Himalaya separates India and Pakistan on the south and southwest from the vast Tibetan plateau (part of China) on the north. Four of the world's fourteen eight-thousanders, mountains higher than 8000 m, can be seen, Makalu (8462 m), Everest (8850 m), Lhotse (8516 m) and Cho Oyu (8201 m).