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1. Geography of Uttarakhand- Location, Extent and Strategic Importance
Uttarakhand has a total geographic area of 53,483 km2, of which 86% is mountainous and 65% is covered by forest.
Most of the northern parts of the state are part of Greater Himalaya ranges, covered by the high Himalayan peaks and glaciers, while the lower foothills were densely forested till denuded by the British log merchants and later, after independence, by forest contractors.
ganges & Yamuna take birth in the glaciers of Uttarakhand, and are fed by myriad lakes, glacial melts and streams
Structure and relief :
The state has been divided Geographically in three natural divisions:-
Great Himalayas·
Middle Himalayas·
Hills of shivalik and Doon·
Great Himalayas :-·
This natural sub-division is known as himadri .this part extended 50km in width whose most of the mountainranges are 4,800 to 6,000 metre high.many glaciers are found in this part.and the sources of Bhagirathi , Alakhananda , and Yamuna etc.
Famous mountains ranges of this region are :-
Nandadevi (7,817 m)·
Kamet ( 7,756 m)·
Bander punch ( 6,315 m )·
Mara ( 7,273 m)·
Nandadevi eastern ( 7,434 m)·
Chaukhambha( 7,138 m)·
Trishul ( 7,120 m )·
Doonagiri ( 7,066 m )·
Panchachuli (6,904 m)·
Nandakot ( 6,861 m)·
Badrinath ( 7,138 m)·
Middle Himalayas :
Its situated in the south of Greater Himalayas.districts of Almora, Uttarkashi, Garhwal ,Tehri ,Nainital etc comes in this area. Mountain range are generally 3000 to 4000 metres high which is parallel to the chief ranges extended from east to west .
The tree of chir,fir,sal,deodar etc. are mostly found in this area. These forests are very useful according to economical points of view because the woods of these forests are used for fourniture making.
Hills of shivalik and doon :
Also known as ‗foot of a mountain ranges‘ because these hills are situated in the south of Himalayas and comparatively of low height.
The hills of shivalik are very narrow from north – west to south-east and extended in the down side.
GLACIERS :
Gangotri ( uttarkashi)
Milaan ( pithoragarh)
Poting
Nabhik
Pindari ( bageshwar )
Sundardhunga
Kafani (―)·
FAMOUS VALLEYS
Shringakantha( uttarkashi- hp)·
Thaga-la ( uttarkashi-tibet)·
Muling-la-5669m( uttarkashi-tibet)·
Bhara(chirbatia or dugari)-la 5608m( chamoli-tibet)·
Neeti-5044m( chamoli -tibet)·
Barahoti (chamoli – pithoragarh)·
Kungari-wingari ( chamoli-tibet)·
Darma (pithoragarh-tibet)·
Lipulekh
Trelpass ( bageshwar-pithoragarh)·
