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... lakes are present . Some of these lakes such as Geepang Lake have grown from 27 hectare in 1976 to 55 hectare in 2001 . Lakes are relatively younger in origin as they are formed in Late Pleistocene or in Holocene time . Bhimtal - ...
... lakes are present . Some of these lakes such as Geepang Lake have grown from 27 hectare in 1976 to 55 hectare in 2001 . Lakes are relatively younger in origin as they are formed in Late Pleistocene or in Holocene time . Bhimtal - ...
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... Lake in Himachal Pradesh is also shrinking rapidly . Life of Himalayan lakes can be increased by removing aquatic weeds and plants , by making check dams on rivers and nala draining into lakes , controlling the urban waste , oil ...
... Lake in Himachal Pradesh is also shrinking rapidly . Life of Himalayan lakes can be increased by removing aquatic weeds and plants , by making check dams on rivers and nala draining into lakes , controlling the urban waste , oil ...
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... lakes that cause and initiate failure of the morainic barriers . Flash floods in Bhutan were generated by such failures in lake Tarina in 1959 , lake Lunana in 1960 and 1968 and lake Luggy ( 0.9 sq km area ) bursted in October 1994 ...
... lakes that cause and initiate failure of the morainic barriers . Flash floods in Bhutan were generated by such failures in lake Tarina in 1959 , lake Lunana in 1960 and 1968 and lake Luggy ( 0.9 sq km area ) bursted in October 1994 ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
CHAPTER2 INDOGANGETIC PLAIN | 11 |
CHAPTER3 GEOMORPHOLOGY OF HIMALAYA | 19 |
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activities amphibolite Arunachal Pradesh basin beds belt Bhutan Biyani carbonate Central clay comprises contains Cretaceous crustal crystalline deformation Dehradun district dolomite Early earthquakes eastern Eocene evolution faults folds Formation fossils Ganga Garhwal Geol geological geosyncline glacial glaciers gneiss Gondwana granite Group Higher Himalaya Himachal Pradesh Himalaya Himalayan region India Indian plate Indus Suture Jammu and Kashmir Karakoram Kathmandu km depth km long km wide km³ Kohistan Krol Kumaun Ladakh lakes landslide large number Lesser Himalaya limestone located magmatic magnesite metamorphism minerals mountain movement Nappe Nepal northern ophiolitic orogenic Pakistan Palaeozoic pegmatite peninsular Permian phase phosphorite phyllite present Proterozoic quartzite reported rivers sandstone Satluj schist sediments seismic sequence shale shear Shimla Shyok Suture Sikkim Siwalik slates slope southern sq km stratigraphic structure Subathu subduction sulphide Suture Zone tectonic terrain Tertiary thick Thrust Tibet upliftment Upper Uttaranchal Vaikrita Valley Volcanics Yamuna Zanskar