Question

what do you understand by duns why are they situated in our country give any 2 examples of duns

Answer 1

Duns are narrow valley between himadri and shivalik.they are present in our country because himadri and part of shivalik are located in our country. example of duns -dehradun. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Answer:

When the Eurasian and Indian Plate collided in the Himalaya region, specifically the Shivalik and Himadri region, it resulted into longitudinal valleys in the Himalayas called “Duns”. These longitudinal valleys are the formed in a folding style and are very narrow. Width of these duns can vary from 7 to 11 km and the length is not more than 50 km.

For Example: Deharadun and Pathankot Dun.

Other examples are Kotli Dun and Patli Dun