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Unit I- Relief
Himalayan Mountainous Region
c)Kumaon Himalaya
Kumaoun Uttarakhand nanda devi, Mussourie and doon, Thaya La, Muling
Himalaya kamet, Naga tibba La, Mana, Niti, Marhi
Trishul, range(Lesser La, Darma etc. passes
Central Himalaya
• i. stretch for a distance of about 80 km from
Kali river in thewest to Teesta river in the East.
• ii. Greater Himalaya- Mnt. Everest,
kanchenjunga, Makalu, Annapurna, Gosaithan
and Dhaulagiri,
• iii. Lesser Himalaya- Mahabharat Lekh
• iv. lacustrine deposits are found in Kathmandu
and Pokhra valley.
Eastern Himalaya
Region Important Peaks Important passes Landforms
sikkim -Darjeeling Kanchenjunga, nathula laa, jelep peri glacial
Himalaya Pounhari, Long laa (pass), Changu landform
song, pyramid lake
Bhutan Himalaya Gankhar Pensum, peri glacial
kulakangri, landform
Chemolahari,
Assam Himalaya namchabarwa
north east hilly mishmi hill, naga north to south imphal valley,
area/ purbanchal hill,patkai boom, extension loktak lake;
mizo hill, manipur highest peak -
hill, tripura hill, Saramati of naga
kohima hill, Barail hills
range