ANSWER – D
The lower hills of district Kangra, Hamipur, Una, Bilaspur and lower parts of Mandi, Solan and Sirmaur are known as ‘Shilvalik Hills’.
The annual rainfall in this zone varies from 1500 mm to 1800 mm.
In ancient times Shivalik hills were known as Manak Parbat.
The altitude of this zone ranges from 350 metres or 1050 feet to 1500 metres or 4500 feet above mean sea level.
Longitudinal valleys called doons are formed here.
ANSWER – D
Shivaliks are composed of highly unconsolidated deposits which easily lend themselves to erosion. The result has been deforestation and a high rate of erosion, leading to formation of ‘Chos’ (small streams) which have laid waste and made huge sandy tracts of the land in the plains below.
ANSWER – C
The lower hills of district Kangra, Hamipur, Una, Bilaspur and lower parts of Mandi, Solan and Sirmaur are known as ‘Shilvalik Hills’. The famous places covered in this zone are –
Paonta valley, Nahan tehsil, Pachhad and Renuka tehsils of Sirmaur district;
Balh valley and Joginder Nagar area of Mandi district;
Kangra, Nurpur, Dehra, Jwali and Palampur tehsils of Kangra district;
Dalhousie, Bhattiyat, and Churah of Chamba district.
ANSWER – B
The Great Himalayan range separates the drainage of Spiti from that of Beas.
The lesser Himalayas are known as Pir Panjal in Chamba and Dhauladhar in Kangra, Chamba and Mandi.
The lesser Himalayas are series of parallel ranges with longitudinal valleys, the only exception being Kullu Valley which runs transverse to the main alignment.
ANSWER – D
Middle Himalayas:
In this zone falls all areas like the upper areas of the tehsils of Pachhad and Renuka in Sirmaur district;
Chachiot and Karsog tehsils of Mandi district;
Upper parts of Kangra and Palampur tehsil of Kangra district;
Dalhousie, Bhattiyat and Churah areas of Chamba district.
ANSWER – D
Dhauladhar branches off from the Great Himalayan range near ‘Badrinath’ (in Uttrakhand).
Dhauladhar is intercepted by the Satluj at ‘Rampur – Bushahr, by the Beas at Larji and by the Ravi near South West of Chamba.
The Northern flank of the Dhauladhar impinges against the Southern flanks of the Pir Panjal range at the mountain knot off Bara Banghal.
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