Stones of Silence: Journeys in the HimalayaSchaller's tale of his Himalyan treks (1969-1975) to assess the effect of humans on the habitat of wild sheep and goats. He describes, also, a less known area--the Nilgiri Hills at the tip of the subcontinent. No bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 117
... land which is now the Himalayan region was covered by the Tethys Sea , which separated Eurasia from the southern continent , Gondwanaland . At that time the Indian subcontinent was still at- tached to Gondwanaland , but then it broke ...
... land which is now the Himalayan region was covered by the Tethys Sea , which separated Eurasia from the southern continent , Gondwanaland . At that time the Indian subcontinent was still at- tached to Gondwanaland , but then it broke ...
Page 161
... land on which cattle could graze , but until the 1960s India increased agricultural production mainly by plowing up such land , and now little of it is left , putting ever more grazing pressure on the forests . In these situa- tions ...
... land on which cattle could graze , but until the 1960s India increased agricultural production mainly by plowing up such land , and now little of it is left , putting ever more grazing pressure on the forests . In these situa- tions ...
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... land that projects into Tibet ; in fact , the valley was part of Tibet until in 1961 it was ceded to Nepal in ex- change for other land . One ministry said that the Kang Chu was open to foreigners , another that it was closed . For a ...
... land that projects into Tibet ; in fact , the valley was part of Tibet until in 1961 it was ceded to Nepal in ex- change for other land . One ministry said that the Kang Chu was open to foreigners , another that it was closed . For a ...
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Mountains in the Desert | 115 |
Cloud Goats | 150 |
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