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    The Himalayas extend 2500 km across South Asia from Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh. It contains the highest mountain peaks in the world, including Mount Everest at 8,848 meters. The Himalayas consist of three parallel ranges - the Greater Himalaya, Lesser Himalaya, and Outer Himalaya. The Greater Himalaya is the highest range, containing Kanchenjunga. Major rivers like the Ganga, Yamuna, and Brahmaputra originate from glaciers in the Greater Himalaya.

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    The Himalayas extend 2500 km across South Asia from Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh. It contains the highest mountain peaks in the world, including Mount Everest at 8,848 meters. The Himalayas consist of three parallel ranges - the Greater Himalaya, Lesser Himalaya, and Outer Himalaya. The Greater Himalaya is the highest range, containing Kanchenjunga. Major rivers like the Ganga, Yamuna, and Brahmaputra originate from glaciers in the Greater Himalaya.

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    The Himalayas extend 2500 km across South Asia from Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh. It contains the highest mountain peaks in the world, including Mount Everest at 8,848 meters. The Himalayas consist of three parallel ranges - the Greater Himalaya, Lesser Himalaya, and Outer Himalaya. The Greater Himalaya is the highest range, containing Kanchenjunga. Major rivers like the Ganga, Yamuna, and Brahmaputra originate from glaciers in the Greater Himalaya.

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    MYSTERIOUS

    HIMALAYA
    THE HIMALAYAS EXTEND IN A LONG
    CURVE FROM JAMMU AND KASHMIR IN
    THE WEST TO ARUNACHAL PRADESH IN
    THE EAST. IT IS ABOUT 2500 KMS IN
    LENGTH.
    ITS WIDTH VARIES FROM 150 TO 400 KMS.
    THE HIMALAYAS ARE HIGHEST
    MOUNTAIN RANGE IN THE WORLD.
    IT CONTAINS MANY HIGH PEAKS.
    MOUNT EVEREST IS THE HIGHEST
    MOUNTAIN PEAK
    HIGHT 8,848 METERS
    RANGES OF HIMALAYA

    THE GREATER HIMALAYA OR HIMADRI


    IT IS THE HIGHEST HIMALAYAN RANGE
    KANCHENJUNGA IS THE HIGHEST PEAK IN
    INDIA.
    RIVERS ORIGINATES – 1. GANGA
    2. YAMUNA
    3.BRAHMAPUTRA
    GANGA ORIGINATES FROM GANGOTRI
    GLACIER.
    YAMUNA ORIGINATES FROM THE YAMUNOTRI
    GLACIER
    THE LESSER HIMALAYAS
    OR HIMACHAL
    THIS RANGE LIES TO THE
    SOUTH OF HIMADRI
    IT HAS DENSE FOREST OF PINE
    DEODER ON THE MOUNTAIN
    SLOPES
    BEAUTIFUL HILL STATIONS
    LIKE DARJEELING, SHIMLA,
    MUSSOORIE , NAINITAL AND
    KULLU ARE SITUATED IN THIS
    RANGE.
    THE OUTER HIMALAYAS
    OR SHIVALIK

    THE SOUTHERNMOST RANGE OF


    THE HIMALAYAS IS CALLED
    SHIWALIKS
    THIS RANGE IS COVERED WITH
    THICK FORESTS WHICH ARE HOME
    TO MANY WILD ANIMALS.
    TERRACE FARMING IS DONE ON
    THE SLOPES OF SHIWALIKS

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