The Himalayan Gazetteer, Volume 1, Issue 1Bhavana Books & Prints, 1998 - Himalaya Mountains Region |
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Almora appear Asám Bareilly basin beds Bengal Benth Bhábar Bhotiyas boundary Brahmaputra Calcutta Capt central Chakráta clay Common Cultivated Dehra Dún deposits direction district drainage east eastern Edgw elevation eocene feet formation fossils Frequent Ganges Garhwál geological glacier gneiss height Himalaya Ibid India Indus Jumna Káli Kumaon Ladák limestone London lower mass miles moraine mountains Mussooree Náhan Naini Tál Nanda Devi Natural Order Nepál north-west northern nummulitic observations occur outer range Panjab pass Pindar plains plateau pressure rain rainfall Ránikhet Rare region ridge river rocks Roorkee Roxb Royle sandstones Satlaj schists Scientific name Sikkim Silurian Simla Sirmur Siwálik slope snow snow-line snowy peaks snowy range southern Strachey strata streams Subáthu surface Tarái temperature tertiary Tibet Tibetan Tibetan plateau tract TRIBE upper valley vapour variation Vernacular Note Wall water-parting watershed western winds zone