Question

In which part of himalayas do we find the karewa formation a unique type of soil formation?

Answer 1

The options to the question are

1. North-Eastern Himalayas

2. Himachal-Uttaranchal Himalayas

3.Eastern Himalayas

4. Kashmir Himalayas.

The answer is 4.Kashmir Himalayas.

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• The Karewa is layers of plateaus of unconsolidated clay and gravel contained in the moraine.
• The word karewa in Kashmir in Kashmiri means "Elevated table land".
• It is found in the north-western and Kashmir Himalayas.
• It contains micro and mega vertebrate fossils which are significant geological information source of human civilization.
• They are good for cultivating saffron and apples.
• Natural soil erosion has led to the depletion of karewas.

Answer 2

The Karewa Basin  is located between the Pir Panjal Range and the Great Himalayan Range in the Kashmir Himalayas, in Northwest India The word Karewa  means an elevated table-land in local dialect. These sediments occur at terraces, plateaus and mounds and rest over the Paleozoic-Mesozoic sediments of the Kashmir basin.