PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS
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Himadri
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Shiwaliks
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Himalayas
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none of above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The northern-most range is known as the Great or Inner Himalayas or the Himadri. It is the most continuous range consisting of the loftiest peaks with an average height of 6, 000 metres. It contains all prominent Himalayan peaks.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Himalaya Range 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -zone, popularly known as the Himadri, contains segments of the Zaskar and the Great Himalaya ranges, with elevations ranging roughly from 10, 000 to 25, 000 feet (3, 000 to 7, 600 metres).
Detailed explanation-4: -Complete answer:The Kanchenjunga is the highest peak of the Himalayas located in India with an altitude of 8586 Mts. It is also the third-highest peak in the world after Mt. Everest and K2 and the second highest peak of the Himalayas as K2 is located in the Karakoram range.
Detailed explanation-5: -This is the northernmost range and is also known as ‘Himadri’. This is the most continuous range. It contains the loftiest peaks. The average height of peaks in this range is 6, 000 meters. All the prominent Himalayan peaks are in this range. More items