Question

Name the three parallel ranges of the Himalayas. Describe any one.

Answer 1

Hint: The Himalayas (from the Sanskrit words hima, "snow" alaya, "home") is the loftiest mountain framework on our planet. It forms the northern furthest ranges of India.

Complete answer: The three parallel ranges of the Himalaya mountains are Himadri (Great Himalayas or Inner Himalayas), Himachal (Lesser Himalayas), Shiwaliks (Outer Himalayas):

Himadri (Great Himalayas or Inner Himalayas)- It is the most nonstop and continuous range of the Himalayas. The northernmost range is known as the Himadri. It comprises loftiest tops with a normal stature of 6,000 meters. It contains all the conspicuous peaks. It remains snow-covered consistently and results in the arrangement of ice sheets and some perpetual streams.

Himachal (Lesser Himalayas)- It lies to the south of Himadri and forms the toughest mountain framework. The reaches are principally made out of profoundly compacted and altered rocks. Normal height is between 3,700 to 4,500 meters. Some renowned ranges are the Pir Panjal range, Dhaula Dhar and Mahabharat ranges. It has some renowned valleys like Kullu, Kangra and Kashmir. They are famous for their hill stations. The normal width is 50 Km.

Shiwaliks (Outer Himalayas)- This is the furthest scope of the Himalayas. Its height fluctuates somewhere in the range of 900 and 1,100 meters. These ranges are made out of unconsolidated stone material, so these ranges are inclined to tremors and avalanches. These longitudinal valleys which are lying between lesser Himalayas and Shiwaliks are called 'Duns' like Dehra Dun, Kotli Dun and Patlin Dun, and so forth.

Note: The extraordinary, topographically youthful mountain circular segment (arc) is around 1,550 miles long, extending from the peak of Nanga Parbat (26,660 feet) in the Pakistani-controlled segment of the Kashmir area to the Namcha Barwa peak in the Tibet which is the Autonomous Region of China. Between these boundaries, the mountains fall across India, southern Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan. The width of the mountain system shifts somewhere in the range of 125 and 250 miles (200 and 400 km).