1
3. What is a pass? Name two passes of the Himalayas.
4. State the main features of the Himachal range.
5. How do the Himalayas help us?
6. How do rivers originate in the Himalayas?
Answers
Answer:
3. example of two passes -. (a) pir- Pankaj pass, (b) lanak la pass
Answer:
3) Major Passes of the Himalayas
Passes of the Western Himalayas
Jammu and Kashmir
Lanak La India and China (Akasai-Chin area of Jammu and Kashmir)
Pir-Panjal pass across the Pir Panjal range
Qara Tag La Indo-China borer across the Karakoram Range
4) features of himachal
features of himachalranges are mainly composed of highly compressed and altered rocks.
features of himachalranges are mainly composed of highly compressed and altered rocks.average height of around 3700m to 4500m above sea level, and extend over a width of 50 km.
features of himachalranges are mainly composed of highly compressed and altered rocks.average height of around 3700m to 4500m above sea level, and extend over a width of 50 km.important hill stations like shimla,nainital etc. ...
features of himachalranges are mainly composed of highly compressed and altered rocks.average height of around 3700m to 4500m above sea level, and extend over a width of 50 km.important hill stations like shimla,nainital etc. ...Pir panjal , Dhaula dhar and Mahabharat ranges are most important ranges.
5)The Himalayas are very useful to India in many ways. ... The Himalayas are a great climatic barrier. They save our country from the cold and dry winds of Central Asia, It also prevents the rain-laden monsoon winds of Indian Ocean from crossing over to Northern countries and causes heavy rain-fall in the Northern India.
6) The Himalayan Rivers are the rivers that originate from the Himalayan mountain ranges. These rivers are snow fed; they receive water from the melting ice of the glaciers as well as from the rains. ... These three rivers flow towards the West and collectively form the Himalayan River System.