MOUNTAIN RANGES OF INDIA
North and Northeastern Mountains
- The North and Eastern Mountains are made up of the Himalayas and the Northeastern highlands.
- The Himalayas consist of a series of mountain ranges that run parallel to one another.
- The Greater Himalayan range, which encompasses the Great Himalayas and the Trans-Himalayan range, the Middle Himalayas, and the Shiwalik are some of the most important ranges.
- The Greater Himalaya, the Lesser/Middle Himalaya, and the Siwalik Range are all Himalayan Ranges.
- The typical orientation of these mountains in the north-western section of India is from northwest to southeast.
- The Himalayas run east-west in the Darjeeling and Sikkim areas, whereas they run southwest-northwest in Arunachal Pradesh. They are in the north-south direction in Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram.