GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It is also called the Tibet Himalayan Region because most of the part of these ranges lies in the Tibet. The Karakoram Range is known as the ‘backbone of high Asia’. It is also known as Krishnagiri which is situated in the northern most range of the Trans-Himalayan ranges.

Detailed explanation-2: -Karakoram Range, Chinese (Pinyin) Karakorum Shan or (Wade-Giles romanization) K’a-la-k’un-lun Shan, great mountain system extending some 300 miles (500 km) from the easternmost extension of Afghanistan in a southeasterly direction along the watershed between Central and South Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spreading over Kashmir and northern Pakistan, the western Himalayan system splits into three distinct ranges, which are, from south to north, the Pir Panjal Range, the Zaskar Range, and the Ladakh Range. Farther north is the Karakoram Range, which is a separate system adjoining the Himalayas.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Karakoram Mountains form the western side of the Himalaya Mountain Range. This range extends from the Pakistan-Afghanistan region into Tibet .