MOUNTAIN RANGES OF INDIA-2

 MOUNTAIN RANGES OF INDIA

 Mountain Ranges in North India – North to South

S. No	Mountain Ranges	States	Highest Peak	Remarks
1.	Saltoro Mountains	Ladakh	Saltoro Kangri	Sub-range of the Karakoram
2.	Karakoram	PoK, Ladakh	Godwin-Austen or K2 8,611 m	Highest peak in India
3.	Deosai Mountain	J&K
4.	Ladakh Range	J&K
5.	Zanskar Range	J&K	Kamet Peak 7,756 m
6.	Pir Panjal Range	J&K, Himachal Pradesh	Indrasan, 6,221 m
7.	Zabarwan Range	J&K		Part of Pir Panjal
8.	Dhauladhar Range	J&K
9.	Kishtwar Himalaya	J&K	Bharanzar
10.	Garhwal Himalaya	Uttarakhand
11.	Dundwa Range	Northern UP		Part of Sivalik Hills

Mountain Ranges in Central India – West to East 

S No	Mountain Ranges	States	Highest Peak	Remarks
1	Girnar Range	Gujarat
2	Aravalli Range	Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi	Guru Shikhar	oldest fold mountains in India
3	Malwa Plateau	MP, Rajasthan
4	Rajpipla Hills	Gujarat		Part of Satpura
5	Gawilgarh Hills	Maharashtra, MP		Part of Satpura
6	Mahadeo Hills	MP	Mount Dhupgarh	Part of Satpura
7	Bhanrer Range	MP		Part of Vindhya
8	Bhander Plateau	MP
9	Maikal Hills	Chhattisgarh		Part of Satpura
10	Kaimur Range	Jabalpur, MP		Part of Vindhya
11	Baghelkhand Plateau	UP
12	Sonpar Hills	MP
13	Vindhya Range	Gujarat, MP, UP, Bihar, Chattisgarh	Sad-bhawna Shikhar or Kalumar peak
14	Satpura Range	Gujarat Maharashtra MP Chattisgarh	Mount Dhupgarh

Chota Nagpur Plateau – North to South

                

S No	Mountain Ranges	States
1	Rajmahal Hills	Jharkhand
2	Hazaribagh Plateau	Jharkhand
3	Mailan Hills	Chhattisgarh
4	Ranchi Plateau	Jharkhand
5	Hazaribagh Hills	Jharkhand, Chattisgarh
6	Ramgarh Hills	Chhattisgarh
7	Garhjat Hills	Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Odisha

Mountain Ranges in North East India 

S No	Mountain Ranges	States	Highest Peak	Remarks
West to East & South to North
1	Dafla Hills	Arunachal Pradesh		Part of Purvanchal
2	Miri Hills	Arunachal Pradesh
3	Abor Hills	Arunachal Pradesh
4	Mishmi Hills	Arunachal Pradesh
5	Kangchenjunga	Nepal, Sikkim	3rd highest mountain in the world, 2nd in India	Part of eastern Himalayas
West to East
1	Garo Hills	Meghalaya
2	Khasi Hills	Meghalaya	Shyllong 1,968 m	Shillong city situated on it
3	Jaintis Hills	Meghalaya
4	Mikir Hills	Assam
5	Rengma Hills	Assam
North to South
6	Patkai Bum	Arunachal Pradesh
7	Naga Hills	Nagaland	Mount Saramati
8	Langpangkong Range	Nagaland
9	Barail Range	Assam, Nagaland		Part of Purvanchal
10	Laimatol Range	Manipur
11	Bhuban Hills	Assam, Mizoram
12	Atharamura Range	Tripura		Part of Siwalik Hills
13	Lushai Hills or Mizo Hills	Mizoram	Phawngpui	Blue Mountain

 

Western Ghats Mountains – North to South               

S No	Mountain Ranges	States	Highest Peak	Remarks
1.	Satmala Hills	Maharashtra	Dhodap
2.	Ajanta Hills	Maharashtra
3.	Harishchandra Range	Maharashtra	Harischandragarh
4.	Balaghat Range	Maharashtra
5.	Kudremukh	Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka	Kudremukha
6.	Baba Budan Hills	Karnataka	Mullayanagiri 1930 m	kurinji blooms
7.	Nilgiri Mountains	Tamil Nadu	Doddabetta 2,637 m	Eastern & Western Ghats meet
8.	Akamala Machad Hills	Thrissur, Kerala		Vazhani sanctuary, Vazhani Dam
9.	Anaimalai Hills	Tamil Nadu, Kerala	Anamudi 2,695 m	Anamudi is the highest peak in south India World Heritage Site
10.	Palani Hills	Tamil Nadu Kerala	Vandaravu
11.	Cardamom Hills	Tamil Nadu, Kerala		cardamom spice cultivation
12.	Varushnad Hills	Tamil Nadu		Part of Cardamom

 

Eastern Ghats Mountains – North to South

S No	Mountain Ranges	States	Remarks
1.	Nayagarh Hills	Orissa
2.	Bastar Plateau	Chhattisgarh
3.	Nallamala Hills	AP
4.		Telangana
5.	Erramala Hills	Andhra Pradesh
6.	Velikonda Range	Andhra Pradesh
7.	Palkonda Range	Andhra Pradesh
8.	Seshachalam Hills	Andhra Pradesh	Tirupati City
9.	Nagari Hills	Andhra Pradesh
10.	Javedi Hills	Tamil Nadu
11.	Melagiri Range	Tamil Nadu
12.	Shevaroy Hills	Tamil Nadu
13.	Pachaimalai Hills	Tamil Nadu
14.	Sirumalai Hills	Tamil Nadu

 

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