1 2 THE NORTHERN HIMALAYAS CONTENTS 1 HIMALAYAS

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2. THE NORTHERN HIMALAYAS CONTENTS: 1. HIMALAYAS 2. KARAKORAM RANGES 3. PURVACHAL HILL RANGES 2

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HIMALAYAS THREE PARALLEL RANGES THE GREATER HIMALAYA (HIMADRI) THE MIDDLE HIMALAYA (HIMACHAL) THE OUTER HIMALAYA (SHIWALIK) 5

• • THE GREATER HIMALAYAS HIGHEST OF ALL RANGES • GLACIERS ARE FOUND IN THESE MOUNTAINS • RIVERS – INDUS, GANGA. , YAMUNA AND BRAHMAPUTRA • KANCHENJUNGA – HIGHEST PEAK IN THIS RANGE 6

THE MIDDLE HIMALAYAS q. LOWER IN HEIGHT THICK FORESTS OF PINE, DEODAR AND FIR HILL STATIONS - SHIMLA, NAINITAL AND DARJEELING 7

THE OUTER HIMALAYAS SOUTH OF THE MIDDLE HIMALAYA. LOWEST IN HEIGHT. COVERED WITH FORESTS AND WILD ANIMALS. 8

Karakoram mountains NORTH-WEST OF HIMALAYAS. MOUNT GODWIN AUSTEN (K 2) HIGHEST PEAK SECOND HIGHEST PEAK IN THE WORLD. 9

STATES IN THE REGION(KARAKORAM RANGE) JAMMU AND KASHMIR HIMACHAL PRADESH UTTARAKHAND SIKKIM DARJEELING (WEST BENGAL) 10

LIFE INTHE REGION MAIN OCCUPATION – FARMING, SHEEP REARING AND WOOD CARVING 11

STATES FAMOUS FRUITS DRESS DRINKS JAMMU AND KASHMIR APPLES ORCHARDS AND SAFFRON SALWAR, PHIRAN KAHWA, SRINAGAR. AMA KANGRI POT RNATH, LADAKH HIMACHAL PRADESH APPLES ORCHARDS KULLU CAPS, DHAZU -- SHIMLA. DALHOU SIE AND MANALI WOOLLEN SHAWLS, SCARVES AND RUGS - MUSSOORIE, NAI NITAL AND HARIDWAR - GANGTOK AND PELLING UTTARAKHAND BASMATI RICE, LYCHEES AND PALMS SIKKIM ORANGES, CARDA BAKHU MON AND ORCHIDS TOURIST PLACES 12

STATES IN THE REGION(PURVANCHAL RANGE) ARUNACHAL PRADESH NAGALAND MANIPUR MIZORAM TRIPURA MEGHALAYA 13

LIFE INTHE REGION MAIN OCCUPATION FARMING WEAVING 14

PRADESH NAGALAND MANIPUR MIZORAM TRIPURA CARVING, CARPE S AND T ORCHIDS WEAVING. BAMBO O AND CANE PRODUCTS WOOD CARVING AND POTTERY AND TAWANG - KOHIMA AND DIMAPUR BAMBOO , CANE AND LEATHER LYCHEE, C MANIPURI IMPHAL AND HESTNUT, DANCE UKHRUL WALNUT AND PAPAYA. ROSE CHAPCHUR CLTIVATION. SILK KUT FESTIVAL WORMS HANDICRAFTS AGARTALA AND UNAKOTI MEGHALAYA - - STRAWBERRY SHILLONG AND FESTIVAL CHERRAPUNJI 15

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