Answer the following questions:
1. What is meant by the word 'Himalaya? Name three parallel ranges of the Himalayas.
2. What are 'duns? Give an example.
3. Why is the Himachal Range of the Himalayas famous?
4. How would you summarise the life of the people in the Himadri region?
5. In which
range of the Himalayas do you
think crops are cultivated? Give reasons.
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Answers
Answer:
1.The Himalayas, or Himalaya, (/ˌhɪməˈleɪ. ə/ or/hɪˈmɑːləjə/; Sanskrit: हिमालय, hima (snow) + ālaya(house), literally meaning, "abode of the snow") is a mountain range in South Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
Answer:
1. The word Himalaya means, snow , origin from Sanskrit. The three parallel ranges of Himalaya are :
• Greater Himalayas(Himadri)
• Lesser Himalayas (Himachal)
• Shiwalik (contains foothills)
2. Duns are longitudinal valleys formed when Eurasian plate and Indian plate collided.
ex- Duns are present between Lesser Himalayas and Shiwaliks.
3. Himachal range of Himalayas is famous because of the the high altitudes and presence of people.
4. The life of Himadri region is quite tough since they have to live in such cold environment all the time.
5. Crops are cultivated in Shiwaliks as weather is not cold as compared to other two ranges of Himalayas.
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