1. This locates them above the hardwood forests, but below the snow line at that latitude.

2. Abominable Snowman, mythical monster resembling a large, hairy, humanlike creature supposed to inhabit the Himalayas at about the level of the snow line

3. These species represent the true high - altitude insects , which flourish on the Himalaya , even at elevations above 6000 m , above the permanent snow - line and therefore at much higher altitudes than anywhere in the world .