TRANS - HIMALAYAS

 



■ TRANS - HIMALAYAS.


◇ Lies immediately north of Great himalayan ranges.


◇ also known as Tibetan Himalaya because lies in Tibet.


◇ Average elevation - 3000m.


◇ Average width - 40km in extremities and about 225km in Central part.


◇ Distance of about 1000km in east - west direction.


◇ This contain Tethys sediments. Rocks of this region contain fossil marine sediments but underlain by Tetitiary granite.


◇ The Zaskar, Ladakh, Kailash and Karakoram are main ranges.


◇ K2 lies here.



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