{"id":527,"date":"2022-05-08T13:22:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T07:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ukgk\/?p=527"},"modified":"2023-04-03T17:24:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T11:54:14","slug":"hills-of-uttarakhand-himalaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ukgk\/hills-of-uttarakhand-himalaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Hills of Uttarakhand Himalaya"},"content":{"rendered":"

The state Uttarakhand is the unique place. The state has its identity for its specific geographical situation. There are number of geographic places which we can treat as the Geographic personality of state. The short descriptions of some of them are as follows : –\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Himalaya<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Uttarakhand is a state of immense natural beauty, boasting some major hills that contribute much to rendering tourism, the source of revenue in the state. The northern areas comprise part of the Greater Himalayan ranges, shrouded by <\/span>lofty Himalayan peaks and glaciers, whereas the lower foothills were thickly forested till deforested by British log traders and forest contractors in the post independence period. The major hills are regularly visited by tourists from all over the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, Sanskrit word meaning (“abode of the snow”<\/strong>) is a mountain range in South Asia which separates the Indo-Gangetic Plain<\/strong> from the Tibetan Plateau<\/strong>. This range is home to more than one hundred mountains exceeding 7,200 metres (23,600 ft) in altitude, and all of the planet’s peaks exceeding 8,000 metres, including the highest, Mount Everest<\/strong>. The Himalayas have profoundly shaped the cultures of South Asia. Many Himalayan peaks are sacred in both Buddhism and Hinduism. The Himalayas are bordered on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain, on the northwest<\/strong> by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges,<\/strong> and on the east by the Indian state of Assam. The western anchor<\/strong> of the Himalayas \u2014 Nanga Parbat<\/strong> \u2014 lies just south of the northernmost bend of the Indus River<\/strong>, while the eastern anchor<\/strong> \u2014 Namcha Barwa<\/strong> \u2014 is situated just west of the great bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River<\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Himalayas span five countries<\/strong>: India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, and Pakistan<\/strong>, with the first three countries having sovereignty over most of the range. Lifted by the collision of the Indian tectonic plate with the Eurasian Plate<\/strong>, <\/span>the Himalayan range runs northwest to southeast in a 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) long<\/strong> arc<\/strong>. The range varies in width from 400 Kilometres (250 mi) in the west to 150 Kilometres (93 mi) in the east. Besides the Greater Himalayas, there are several parallel lower ranges. The southernmost of these, located along the northern edge of the Indian plains and reaching about a thousand meters in altitude, are called the Sivalik Hills<\/strong>. Further north is a higher range, reaching two to three thousand meters, known as the Lower Himalayan<\/strong> Range. <\/strong>Three of the world’s major rivers \u2014 the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra<\/strong> arise in the Himalayas<\/strong>. While the Indus and the Brahmaputra rise near Mount Kailash<\/strong> in Tibet<\/strong>, the Ganges rises<\/strong> in the Indian<\/strong> state of Uttarakhand. Their combined drainage basin is home to some 600 million people. So, Uttarakhand is also called as the \u201cLand of the Gods\u201d<\/strong> is one of the most beautiful state in India, very well known for its Himalayan Mountain Peaks, natural beauty and Terai, The marshy grasslands, savannas and forests of the Himalaya. Uttarakhand has some of the tallest and most beautiful peaks of the great Himalayas in India, Many Himalaya mountain peaks of Uttarakhand are unclimbed and unnamed are situated in the Karakoram ranges, Garhwal and
\nKumaon Himalayas. The major hills of Uttarakhand Himalaya:\u00a0 –\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n