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INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Himalayan mountain range is located to the ____ of the Indus river
A
North
B
South
C
East
D
West
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lifted by the subduction of the Indian tectonic plate under the Eurasian Plate, the Himalayan mountain range runs west-northwest to east-southeast in an arc 2, 400 km (1, 500 mi) long. Its western anchor, Nanga Parbat, lies just south of the northernmost bend of the Indus river.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ladakh Range is a mountain range in central Ladakh in India with its northern tip extending into Baltistan in Pakistan. It lies between the Indus and Shyok river valleys, stretching to 230 miles (370 km).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Himalayas are bordered to the northwest by the mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram and to the north by the high and vast Plateau of Tibet.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct answer is option 1, i.e. Karakoram, Ladakh, Zaskar, Pir Panjal, Siwalik is the correct order of Mountain Ranges from North to South. Trans-Himalayan Range.

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