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Location |
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Western Himalaya |
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Boundary |
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North : China (Tibet)
South : Punjab, Hariyana
East
: Uttar Pradesh
West : Jammu & Kashmir |
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Latitudes |
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30o
22' 40" N to 33o 12' 40" N |
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Longitude |
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75o
45' 55" E to 79o 04' 20" E |
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Height (From mean see Level) |
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350 meter to 6975 meter |
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Geographical Area |
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55673 Sq. km(1.69% of country area 10.54% of Himalayan land mass) |
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Physiographic regions |
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Outer, Sub-Himalayas or Shivalik.
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Lower Himalayas
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Higher Himalayas
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Inner, Tibetan or Tethys Himalayas
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Relief |
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350 mts to 6975 mts. (It increases from West
to east and South to North) |
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Important Hill Ranges |
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Dhauladhar
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Pir Panjal
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Great Himalayas
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Zanskar
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Soil |
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Sandy loam to loam, mostly sandy in cold desert and clay loam in mid-hills. Generally neutral with varies from 23cm.-46 cms. followed by hard and graval starta. |
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Climate |
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Sub-tropical in lower parts
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Temperate in mid-hills
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Arctic in higher hills
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Rainfall |
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Less than 500mm in Lahaul-Spiti (Rain shadow area) to over 3400mm in Kangra (Dharamsala, the second wettest place in India after Cherrapunji, Meghalaya) |
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Drainage |
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Forms catchments of Sutlej-Yamuna basin. |
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