Lesser Himalayas

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mountain range physiographic region

The Lesser Himalayas are a middle range of the Himalayan mountain system characterized by lower elevations than the Great Himalayas and extensive forested hills and valleys across northern India, Nepal, and Bhutan.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Himalayan foothills 7
Lesser Himalaya 2
Lower Himalayas 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
alternativeName Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
surface form: Himachal

Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Lesser Himalaya

Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Lower Himalayas

Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Middle Himalayas
biodiversity habitat for diverse Himalayan flora and fauna ⓘ
characteristic deeply dissected hills and valleys ⓘ
extensive forest cover ⓘ
lower elevation than the Great Himalayas ⓘ
climate monsoon influenced ⓘ
temperate mountain climate ⓘ
country Bhutan ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
drainage source region for tributaries of the Brahmaputra ⓘ
source region for tributaries of the Ganges ⓘ
source region for tributaries of the Indus ⓘ
formedBy collision of Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hazard landslides ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
highestPeaksRelativeTo lower than peaks of the Great Himalayas ⓘ
importance forms a major physiographic division of the Himalayan system ⓘ
landUse forestry ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
terraced agriculture on slopes ⓘ
locatedIn Bhutan ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
surface form: Northern India
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
orogeny Himalayan orogeny ⓘ
partOf Himalayas ⓘ
passesThrough Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
Sikkim ⓘ
Uttarakhand ⓘ
Darjeeling region of West Bengal, India ⓘ
surface form: West Bengal (Darjeeling region)

central Nepal ⓘ
Eastern Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: eastern Nepal

Bhutan ⓘ
surface form: western Bhutan

western Nepal ⓘ
populationDensity more densely populated than the Great Himalayas ⓘ
relativeLocation north of the Siwalik Range ⓘ
south of the Great Himalayas ⓘ
typicalElevationRange 1500–4500 metres above sea level ⓘ
vegetationType coniferous forests ⓘ
temperate broadleaf forests ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lesser Himalayas → alternativeName → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lesser Himalaya
Lesser Himalayas → alternativeName → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Himalayas
Lesser Himalayas → alternativeName → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Himalayas
Potohar Plateau → borderedBy → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Himalayan foothills
Himalayas → contains → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
Himalayas → contains → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Outer Himalayas
Palearctic realm → contains → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Himalayan foothills
northern India → hasMountainRange → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
this entity surface form: Shivalik Hills
Murree → hasViewOf → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Himalayan foothills
northern India → includesPhysicalRegion → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
this entity surface form: Himalayan foothills
Dehradun → locatedInMountainRange → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
Muzaffarabad → locatedInMountainRange → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
Solan → locatedInRegion → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: lower Himalayas
Margalla Hills → partOf → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Himalayan foothills
Himalayan orogeny → produces → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lesser Himalaya
Himalayan orogeny → produces → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sub-Himalaya
Chandigarh → region → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shivalik foothills
Naran → region → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Himalayan foothills
Sarayu → sourceRegion → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Himalayan foothills
Azad Jammu and Kashmir → terrainFeature → Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pir Panjal Range