What are the features of Himalayan Mountains?
1. The Himalayas, Geologically young and structurally fold mountains stretch over the northern borders of India.
2. These mountain ranges run in a west east direction the Indus to Brahmaputra.
3. The Himalayas represent the loftiest and one of the most rugged mountains barriers of the world.
4. They form an arc which covers a distance of about 2400 km.
5. There width varies from 400 km in Kashmir to 150 km in Arunachal Pradesh.
6. The Himalayas consist of three parallel ranges in its longitudinal extent. Those are Himadri, Himachal and Shiwaliks.
