Geology of the Himalayas: Comprising of the Studies on Shivalik Hills, Kashmir, Kumaon, Garhwal, Nepal, Sikkim and BhutanEdwin Thomas Atkinson |
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Page 100
... outer range between the Sárda and the Brahmaputra . There is this peculiarity in Kumaon , that the outer range first crossed by the traveller is of considerably higher elevation than the intermediate ranges crossed between it and the ...
... outer range between the Sárda and the Brahmaputra . There is this peculiarity in Kumaon , that the outer range first crossed by the traveller is of considerably higher elevation than the intermediate ranges crossed between it and the ...
Page 126
... outer range of the Sub - Himalayan is not affected by this change of direction , so that the zone of tertiary rocks becomes permanently widened to about three times the breadth it exhibits along the whole mountain range to the east . In ...
... outer range of the Sub - Himalayan is not affected by this change of direction , so that the zone of tertiary rocks becomes permanently widened to about three times the breadth it exhibits along the whole mountain range to the east . In ...
Page 170
... range we cross a number of subordinate ranges which are , as a rule , of considerably less elevation than the outer range . Between China and Dhakuri Binayak , on the road to the Pindari glacier , a distance of forty - five miles as the ...
... range we cross a number of subordinate ranges which are , as a rule , of considerably less elevation than the outer range . Between China and Dhakuri Binayak , on the road to the Pindari glacier , a distance of forty - five miles as the ...
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