Hill stations of India sloping on the roof of the world

Hill stations of India sloping on the roof of the world

If you are planning a tour to hill stations of India then you should start your tour from hill stations in north India. Hill stations in north India are located on the Himalayan mountain range. The Himalayas is the largest and the highest mountain of the world. It abode the highest mountain of the world, Mount Everest; the height ofthe highest peak is 8848 meters. Himalaya separates the Indian subcontinent plate from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalaya on a broader spectrum contains within its sphere the mountains of Karakoram, the Hindu Kush and many other shorter ranges that emit out from the Pamir Knot. In totality Himalayan system includes about 100 mountain peaks above the height of 7, 200 meters. For knowledge of traveler who is planning hill station tours of Himalaya, they can wonder that average height of cities in Himalaya is 4,500 meters.

According to the geographical evidences, The Himalayas are among the youngest mountain ranges on the earth. It is mostly formed from the uplifted sedimentary and metamorphic rock. The modern theory of plate tectonics reveals that the Himalayas are formed as result of the continental collision or orogeny as occurred along the convergent boundary between the Indo Australian Plate and Eurasian Plate. This concept is known as Fold Mountain. The collision of plates occurred around in the Upper Cretaceous period about 70 million years ago, as result of movement of Indo-Australian Plate into north direction. It is still moving for about 20 mm per year and results into the increase of Himalaya about 5 mm every year.

Next important factor as related to Himalayan Mountain is the existence of vast river system that creates the most vibrant river valley system and one of the most fertile planes of the world. The major rivers of Himalaya are, the Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra, Yangtze, Mekong, Salween, Red River (Asia), Xunjiang, Chao Phraya, Irrawaddy River, Amu Darya, Syr Darya, Tarim River and Yellow River. The drainage area of these rivers is home to about 3 billion people not only India, but at closing Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, People's Republic of China, India, Nepal, Burma, Cambodia and Pakistan. The hill of Himalayas also has very important religious influence even on people of Asia. It has to a very greater extent has shaped the culture of South Asia. There are many Himalayan peaks and mountains that are equally scared for Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. Thus, this information would be of great use to you on hill station tour of Himalayas.

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