INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Himalayas represent the loftiest and one of the most rugged mountain barriers of the world. They form an arc, which covers a distance of about 2, 400 Km. Their width varies from 400 Km in Kashmir to 150 Km in Arunachal Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Himalayas form the highest and the rugged mountains in the world. The Himalayas are the world’s highest mountain system. About ten to fourteen high mountain peaks are present in the Himalayas mountain range. There are more than fifty peaks ranging the height of more the seven thousand meters.

Detailed explanation-3: -a. Rugged mountain refers to mountain ranges which are unequal, uneven, broken and rocky. b. Himalayas are considered to serve as rugged mountain barriers, that is they are uneven mountain ranges forming an arc which serve as a natural barrier. c.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of those peaks is Mount Everest (Tibetan: Chomolungma; Chinese: Qomolangma Feng; Nepali: Sagarmatha), the world’s highest, with an elevation of 29, 032 feet (8, 849 metres; see Researcher’s Note: Height of Mount Everest.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Himalayas are geologically young and structurally folded mountains and represent the loftiest and one of the most rugged mountain barriers of the world. They form an arc, which covers a distance of about 2, 400 km. Their width varies from 400 km in Kashmir to 150 km in Arunachal Pradesh.