Question

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.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. ans .The word Himalaya means home of ice ....him means Ice and alaya means home.... The three ranges of Himalayas are....1. Himadri or the greater Himalayas 2. Himachal 3. Shiwaliks or the lesser Himalayas....

Explanation:

2.ans. Duns are the valley lying between the shiwaliks and the lesser Himalayas...one example of dun is dehra dun.

3. ans. The Himachal range of Himalayas are famous because of the hill stations.

many beautiful hill stations are situated in Himachal range of Himalaya.

Answer 2

The longitudinal valley lying between lessar Himalaya and the shiwaliks are known as duns. Dehra dun,kotli dun and patli dun are example of the dun