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.