Question

What is meant by 'Trans Himalayas'?

Answer 1

Hint: The Himalayas, also known as the Himalayas, are a mountain range in South and East Asia. It separates the Indian subcontinent's plains from the Tibetan Plateau. Many of the world's highest peaks are found in this range, including Mount Everest, which lies on the Nepal-China border.

Complete answer:
The Himalayas are divided into four mountain ranges: The Shivalik Hills in the south, the Lower Himalayan Range in the middle, the Great Himalayas in the north, and the Tibetan Himalayas in the south. The Trans-Himalayas Mountain Region, also known as the Tibet Himalayan Region, is situated to the north of the Great Himalayas and includes the mountain ranges of Karakoram, Ladakh, Zaskar, and Kailash. The Karakoram Range is also known as the ‘backbone of high Asia’. Since Tibet contains the majority of these ranges, it is also known as the Tibet Himalayan Region.

These massive Himalayan mountain ranges run parallel to each other from the Pamir Knot in northwest India to the northeast. They are 970 kilometres long in total. Their width at the ends is 40 kilometres, whereas it is nearly 222 kilometres in the middle. The average height of these mountains is 6100 metres.

The Tibetan Himalayas, on the northern side of the Himalayas, is dry, cold, and windswept, particularly in the west. Winters are bitterly cold, and the vegetation is sparse and stunted. During the late winter and spring months, the majority of the precipitation falls in the form of snow.

Note: Climate, rainfall, altitude, and soils all influence the flora and fauna of the Himalayas. At the lowest elevations, the climate is tropical, although, at the highest elevations, permanent ice and snow prevail. Along the southern front of the range, the amount of annual rainfall rises from west to east.