Himalayas, Ecology and Environment

agriculture Almora alpine altitude animals barking deer basin bharal black bear catchments cent central Himalaya climate common leopard Contd crops culture deforestation degradation Delhi deposits eco-system ecological environment environmental fodder forest area forestry formation geological glaciers goral grasses grasslands grazing Gyanodaya Prakashan hact hills Himachal Pradesh Himalayan glaciers Himalayan region Hirpur human ice age increased India industries isotopes J.S. Singh Kashmir Krol Kumaon lake lakh land landslides large number limestone loess lower karewa Melkania Melkania and Tandon melting ment metres middle Himalayas million mineral monsoon mountains musk deer Mussoorie Nainital natural resources Nehnar glacier palaeosols pastures Pir Panjal plains plants population problems production programmes protection rainfall ranges rehabilitation and conservation rivers Saxena serow shifting cultivation Siwalik slopes snow leopard soil conservation soil erosion species studies TABLE temperate temperature tion trees upper karewa Uttar Pradesh valley vegetation wastelands watershed wildlife yield zone