Name the major eastern off shoots of Himalayas.
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Explanation:
The major eastern off shoots of Himalayas are as follows:
- Darjeeling Himalaya
- Sikkim Himalaya
- Bhutan Himalaya
- Arunachal Himalaya
The Eastern Himalayas comprises tracts of North Bengal or the Darjeeling Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and eastern Bhutan. The region is fed by the river Brahmaputra and its tributaries such as
- the Teesta river which feeds the Darjeeling and Sikkim
- the Manas river feeds part of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh.
Other rivers like Subansiri and Kamang are the other rivers that feeds the eastern Himalayas.
The climatic region of Eastern Himalayas can be divided into five parts such as : Temperate, Arctic, Sub-arctic, Subtropical, and Warm tropical. The forests out here are dense, moist, evergreen, temperate or semi-evergreen. The forest region experiences high humidity along with high precipitation . All along the foothills of this region we can see Sal forests and Evergreen trees .
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