Horizontally the himalayas are classified into how many types and name them
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Division of the Himalayas
Formation of Himalayas explained in Continent – Continent Convergence.
Shiwaliks or outer Himalayas
Lesser or Middle Himalayas
The Greater Himalayas
The Trans-Himalayas – Tibetan Himalayas.
The Eastern Hills – Purvanchal: A chain of hills in North-East India.
Himalayan Ranges
Series of several parallel or converging ranges.
The ranges are separated by deep valleys creating a highly dissected topography[(of a plateau or upland) divided by a number of deep valleys].
The southern slopes have steep gradientsand northern slopes have comparatively gentler slopes. [Scaling Mount Everest is less hectic from the northern side. But China puts restrictions so climbers take the steeper southern slopes from Nepal]
Most of the Himalayan ranges fall in India, Nepal and Bhutan. The northern slopes are partly situated in Tibet (trans-Himalayas) while the western extremity lies in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.
Himalayas between Tibet and Ganga Plain is a succession of three parallel ranges.
Shiwalik Range
Also known as Outer Himalayas.
Located in between the Great Plains and Lesser Himalayas.
The altitude varies from 600 to 1500 metres.
Runs for a distance of 2,400 km from the Potwar Plateau to the Brahmaputra valley.
The southern slopes are steep while the northern slopes are gentle.
The width of the Shiwaliks varies from 50 km in Himachal Pradesh to less than 15 km in Arunachal Pradesh.
They are almost unbroken chain of low hills except for a gap of 80-90 km which is occupied by the valley of the Tista River and Raidak River.
Shiwalik range from North-East India up to Nepal are covered with thick forests but the forest cover decreases towards west from Nepal (The quantum of rainfall decreases from east to west in Shiwaliks and Ganga Plains).
The southern slopes of Shiwalik range in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are almost devoid of forest cover. These slopes are highly dissected by seasonal streams called Chos.
Valleys are part of synclines and hills are part of anticlines or antisynclines
Formation of Himalayas explained in Continent – Continent Convergence.
Shiwaliks or outer Himalayas
Lesser or Middle Himalayas
The Greater Himalayas
The Trans-Himalayas – Tibetan Himalayas.
The Eastern Hills – Purvanchal: A chain of hills in North-East India.
Himalayan Ranges
Series of several parallel or converging ranges.
The ranges are separated by deep valleys creating a highly dissected topography[(of a plateau or upland) divided by a number of deep valleys].
The southern slopes have steep gradientsand northern slopes have comparatively gentler slopes. [Scaling Mount Everest is less hectic from the northern side. But China puts restrictions so climbers take the steeper southern slopes from Nepal]
Most of the Himalayan ranges fall in India, Nepal and Bhutan. The northern slopes are partly situated in Tibet (trans-Himalayas) while the western extremity lies in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.
Himalayas between Tibet and Ganga Plain is a succession of three parallel ranges.
Shiwalik Range
Also known as Outer Himalayas.
Located in between the Great Plains and Lesser Himalayas.
The altitude varies from 600 to 1500 metres.
Runs for a distance of 2,400 km from the Potwar Plateau to the Brahmaputra valley.
The southern slopes are steep while the northern slopes are gentle.
The width of the Shiwaliks varies from 50 km in Himachal Pradesh to less than 15 km in Arunachal Pradesh.
They are almost unbroken chain of low hills except for a gap of 80-90 km which is occupied by the valley of the Tista River and Raidak River.
Shiwalik range from North-East India up to Nepal are covered with thick forests but the forest cover decreases towards west from Nepal (The quantum of rainfall decreases from east to west in Shiwaliks and Ganga Plains).
The southern slopes of Shiwalik range in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are almost devoid of forest cover. These slopes are highly dissected by seasonal streams called Chos.
Valleys are part of synclines and hills are part of anticlines or antisynclines
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The Indo-Australian plate is also moving horizontally against the Tibetan plateau which also assists in the further lifting of the Himalaya range.
Current estimations state that the Himalayas are rising at a rate of about 5 millimeters per year as a result of the continued tectonic activity going on deep below.
The Himalaya can be broken up into multiple zones horizontally.
The zones are divided into Trans-Himalaya, the Tethyan Himalaya, the Higher Himalaya, the Lesser Himalaya and the Sub-Himalaya.
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