Mention any two features of this himachal range of Himalayas.
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Himachal Pradesh "Snow Laden Province") is a state of India located in North India. Situated in Western Himalayas. It is bordered by Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west, Haryana on the southwest, Uttarakhand on the southeast, and the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east. At its southernmost point, it also touches the state of Uttar Pradesh. The name was coined from the Sanskrit—Himmeans 'snow' and achal means 'land' or 'abode'—by acharya Diwakar Datt Sharma, one of the state's eminent Sanskrit scholars.
himachal range-
1. it lies in south of himadri range and is also known as lesser himalayas or middle himalayas or antagiri.
2. the altitude in this range is around 3700-4500 meters above sea level.
3. this range is home to many famous hill stations like shimla, mussorie, kullu valley etc.
4. the average width of this range is about 50kms.
5. himachal range is quite rugged and made up of compressed rocks.
6. pir panjal, mahabharat and dhauladar are most important sub-ranges of himachal range.
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