Which range is known as the Pitamaha of the Indian Mountains"?
Answers
Answer:
The Himalaya Range
Explanation:
The highest mountain range of India, Himalaya literally translates to "abode of snow" from Sanskrit.
The Himalayan Mountain is the youngest range of India and is a new fold mountain formed by the collision of two tectonic plates.
The Himalayan Mountain Range has almost every highest peak of the world and on an average they have more than 100 peaks with height more than 7200m.
Nanga Parbat and Namcha Barwa is considered as the western and eastern point of the Himalayas.
Mount Everest is the highest peak of the world at 8848m. It lies in the Himalayan Range in Nepal.
Himalayas is also the source of many great river ranges, including the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Indus.
Himalayas also play a vital role in regulating the climate in northern India by preventing cold air from entering Indian mainland in winter season.