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    The geology of the Himalayas is a record of the most dramatic and visible creations of the immense mountain range formed by plate tectonic forces and sculpted...
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    and Tibet. Geology of the Himalaya Mountain ranges of the Himalayas Greater Himalayas Encyclopædia Britannica Hussain, Majid, Geography of India v t e...
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    The Himalayas, or Himalaya (/ˌhɪməˈleɪ.ə, hɪˈmɑːləjə/ HIM-ə-LAY-ə, hih-MAH-lə-yə) is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent...
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    The geology of Nepal is dominated by the Himalaya, the highest, youngest and a very highly active mountain range. Himalaya is a type locality for the...
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    to the surface. Gilgit is the westernmost tributary of the Indus River. Geology of the Himalayas Rigvedic rivers Zeitler, Peter K.; Koons, Peter O.; Bishop...
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    to the geology of the Himalayas. During the last quarter century the Institute has grown as a center of excellence in the field Himalayan Geology and...
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    Augusto Gansser-Biaggi (category Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences)
    was a Swiss geologist who specialised in the geology of the Himalayas. He was born in Milan. His geological researches were global in scope: East Greenland...
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    Region Ecology of the Himalayas Geology of the Himalayas Geography of India Geology of India "State of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF)...
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    The Eastern Himalayas extend from eastern Nepal across Northeast India, Bhutan, the Tibet Autonomous Region to Yunnan in China and northern Myanmar. The...
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    574..467M. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.04.057. Gansser (1975). Geology of the Himalayas. London: Interscience Publishers. Gallessich, Gail (2011). "Debris...
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    Vindhya Range (category Mountain ranges of India)
    first evolved at the start of the Cambrian 'explosion of life', about 550 million years ago. Geology of India Geology of the Himalayas Central Highlands...
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    The Garhwal Himalayas are mountain ranges located in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. This range is also a part of Himalaya Sivalik Hills, the outer most...
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    tourism opportunities. Geology of the Himalayas HMS Indus Indus Waters Treaty List of rivers of Pakistan Rigvedic rivers Rivers of Jammu and Kashmir Sindhology...
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    The Sivalik Hills, also known as the Shivalik Hills and Churia Hills, are a mountain range of the outer Himalayas. The literal translation of "Sivalik"...
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    instead of Tibetan characters. Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal...
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    Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia (category Academic staff of the University of Calcutta)
    among the first Indian scientists to work in the Geological Survey of India. He is remembered for his work on the stratigraphy of the Himalayas. He helped...
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    the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geopolitically, it spans major landmasses from the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan...
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    The geology of the Appalachians dates back more than 1.2 billion years to the Mesoproterozoic era when two continental cratons collided to form the supercontinent...
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    Pangong Range (category Geography of Ladakh)
    Kongta La pass. Geography of Pangong Tso Geography of Ladakh Geography of Himalayas Geology of the Himalayas Geography of Tibet Tourism in Ladakh India-China...
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    Main Frontal Thrust (category Geology of the Himalaya)
    The Main Frontal Thrust (MFT), also known as the Himalayan Frontal Thrust (HFT), is a geological fault in the Himalayas that defines the boundary between...
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    The geology of China (or the geological structure of the People's Republic of China) consists of three Precambrian cratons surrounded by a number of orogenic...
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    peak. The climate across India ranges from equatorial in the far south, to alpine and tundra in the upper regions of the Himalayas. Geologically, India...
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    The Indian Himalayan Region (abbreviated to IHR) is the section of the Himalayas within the Republic of India, spanning thirteen Indian states and union...
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    The geology of India is diverse. Different regions of the Indian subcontinent contain rocks belonging to different geologic periods, dating as far back...
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    Enayat Ahmad (category Alumni of the London School of Economics)
    wrote books on geomorphology, geology, and the Himalayas in addition to papers in academic journals. Born in the village of Harpur near Siwan in Bihar,...
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  • The ecology of the Himalayas varies with climate, rainfall, altitude, and soils. The climate ranges from tropical at the base of the mountains to permanent...
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    Namcha Barwa Himal (category Lists of coordinates)
    coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Geology of the Himalayas H. Adams Carter (1985). "Classification of the Himalaya" (PDF). American Alpine Journal...
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    Europe and Asia from the Atlantic all the way to the Himalayas. This belt of mountain chains was formed during the Alpine orogeny. A gap in these mountain...
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  • Rashid Ahmed Khan Tahirkheli (category Academic staff of the University of Peshawar)
    Ahmed Khan Tahirkheli was the vice-chancellor of Gandhara University. Prior to his appointment he was Director of the Geology Department and ex Vice-Chancellor...
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    The Iranian Plateau or Persian Plateau is a geological feature spanning parts of the Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. It makes up part...
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