Himalayas

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 Himalayas  

Himadri or Greater

Himalayas :-

 


We know that Mountains cover 25% of the earth 's surface . Our Himalayan mountains are recently formed young fold mountains. These Himalayan mountains streched over the northern border of India .

These mountains run from river Indus in the west  to the Brahmaputra river in the East . They form an arc shape and they cover about 2400 Kms . The width is about 400 Km in Kashmir and 150 Kms in Arunachal Pradesh .


Himadri range Mt. Everest 

The height of the mountains is more in the Eastern half then the western half .

The Himalayan mountains are having three parallel ranges .

The first one is known as the Great Himalayas or Inner  Himalayas or Himadri.

The second one is known as The Himachal or Lesser Himalayas .

The Third one is known as The Shiwalik range .

The Himadri or Great Himalayas is the Northern most ranges of Himalayas . It is continuous range  consisting of the loftious peaks with an average height of 6000 metres above mean sea level .
It contains all prominent peaks for example Mount Everest , Kanchan Jaga , Dhaula giri 
and Nanga Parbat etc.



Great Himalayas 

The rock formations in the Himadri range is sedimentary rocks but the central part or core is made of granite which is an Ingenious rock . 

The most important thing is that this remains covered with snow throughout the year . This consists of many glaciers which feed the river system with water throughout the year . Rivers such as Ganga , Yamuna etc.

The next we will take about Himachal range or Lesser Himalayas that we will take in next part .




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