SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The first range of Himalayas to the North of Ganga Plains is the Shiwaliks. The Shivalik Hills is a mountain range of the outer Himalayas. The hills consist of 6000 meters of layered rocks. They are known as the sub-Himalayas or the foothills and were formed by the erosion caused by the rise of the Himalayas.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sivalik Hills, also known as the Shivalik Hills and Churia Hills, are a mountain range of the outer Himalayas that stretches over about 2, 400 km (1, 500 mi) from the Indus River eastwards close to the Brahmaputra River, spanning the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent.

Detailed explanation-3: -It extends west-northwestward for more than 1, 000 miles (1, 600 km) from the Tista River in Sikkim state, northeastern India, through Nepal, at some stage in northwestern India, and into northern Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-4: -Siwalik Range, also called Siwalik Hills or Outer Himalayas, Siwalik also spelled Shiwalik, sub-Himalayan range of the northern Indian subcontinent.