Short note on Himalayan mountain
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It stretches across northern India from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh (about 2500 km) with a varying width of 240 to 320 km forming Himalaya in the East-West direction . They represent the youngest and highest folded mountains of the earth formed by the tectonic collision of the Indian plateau with the Eurasian plateau.
i. The outer Himalayas (Shiwalik) It is almost continuous range of low hills.
ii. The lesser Himalayas (The Himachal) It generally consists of unfossiferous sediments or metamorphosed crystalline. Important range include the Dhauladhar, Pirpanjal, Mahabharat and Mussoorie range.
iii. The Greater Himalaya (The Himadri) This is the most continuous loftiest and northern most range of Himalayas. It has a core of Archaean granites, gneisses and schist’s rocks. This range contains one of the highest mountain peaks of the world.
iv. The Trans Himalaya It is also called the Tibetan Himalaya. This range consisting of mainly Karakoram, Ladakh and Kailash range.
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