INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the outermost range of Himalayas.(Lower)
A
Himadari
B
Himachal
C
Shivalik
D
Purvanchal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Shivalik . Shivalik is called the Outer-Himalayas. It is in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent.

Detailed explanation-2: -Siwalik Range, also called Siwalik Hills or Outer Himalayas, Siwalik also spelled Shiwalik, sub-Himalayan range of the northern Indian subcontinent.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Himalayas or Greater Himalayas or Himadri is the highest mountain range of the Himalayan Range. The world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, as well as other “near−highest” peaks, such as Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, and Nanga Parbat, are part of the Greater Himalayas range.

Detailed explanation-4: -Himadri’ is also referred to as the Great Himalayas or the Higher Himalayas in the northernmost part of the Himalaya range acting as the backbone and the longest belt. The range has a height of 20, 000 feet covering the northern portion of India and the entire Nepal.

Detailed explanation-5: -Himachal is well known as the Lesser Himalayas or the Lower Himalayas with a height of 12000 to 15000 feet. The range extends its arms from southeast of Pakistan through the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, western Uttar Pradesh and Nepal.

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