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    Name the three parallel ranges of Himalayas.

    Himadri

    The features of Himadri are:

    • It is the northern most range of Himalayas, also called the great or inner Himalayas.
    • It includes the most prominent Himalayan peaks.
    • It consists of granite.
    • Many glaciers descend from Himadri.
    • The average range of mountains found here is 6,000 metres

     

    Himachal

     

    • The altitude varies between 3,700 and 4,500 metres and the average width is of 50 Km.
    • The ranges are mainly composed of highly compressed and altered rocks.

     

    Shiwalik

    • They extend over a width of 10-50 Km and have an altitude varying between 900 and 1100 metres.
    • These ranges are composed of unconsolidated sediments brought down by rivers from the main Himalayan ranges located farther north.

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    The three parallel ranges in the Himalaya mountains are-

     

    • The great Himalaya (himadari)

     

    • The middle Himalaya (himachal)

     

    • The lower Himalaya (shiwalik)
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