are the himalayas a tundra?
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Large regions of alpine tundra occur in the North American Cordillera, the Alps and Pyrenees of Europe, the Himalaya and Karakoram of Asia, the Andes of South America, and the Eastern Rift mountains of Africa. Alpine tundra occupies high-mountain summits, slopes, and ridges above timberline.
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This is a special type of convergent boundary called a collisional boundary. The Himalayas in India are the result of two continental plates (the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates) colliding head on. The third type of plate boundary is called a conservative or transform boundary.
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Yes, Himalayas rise due to the push from Eurasian Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate.. The impinging of the two landmasses has yet to end. The Himalayas continue to rise more than 1 cm a year -- a growth rate of 10 km in a million years! ... The Himalayas were formed by the Indian landmass moving into Asia and pushing.
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Continental glaciers are large ice sheets that cover relatively flat ground. These glaciers flow outward from where the greatest amounts of snow and ice accumulate. Alpine (valley) glaciers flow downhill. Ice accumulates near the top of a mountain and then travels down existing valleys (Figure below).
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The major vegetation zones of Himalayan region are there are tropical rain forest zone in eastern Himalaya and sub tropical deciduous zone in Western and central Himalaya and Alpine zone in of vegetation on higher reaches of entire Himalaya.
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The rugged, soaring heights of the Himalayas, Andes, and Alps are all active fold mountains. The Himalayas stretch through the borders of China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, and Pakistan. The crust beneath the Himalaya, the most towering mountain range on Earth, is still the process of being compressed.
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The Himalayas act as a boon for India as they act as a barrier to cold siberian winds. They give tropical touch to the climate of India. They stop rear-bearing monsoon winds from crossing into Tibet and force the wids to shed their moisture within Indian- subcontinent.
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all can collectively be called Himalayas (not greater Himalayas). The Karakoram Range is actually the northwestern extension of the Himalaya. This range is home to many peaks over five miles in height, including K2 . No its two different mountain ranges.
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Answer and Explanation: The Himalayan Mountains formed at a convergence plate boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate. At one point in the past, India was a...
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The Himalayas are made up by a converging plate boundary, which is when two continental plates crash together.
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(1) The Northern plain extends, South of the Himalayas, from Punjab to the Brahmaputra valley in Assam. ... (5) These river valleys or basins are very thickly populated and agriculturally developed. THE PENINSULAR PLATEAU :- (1) THE PENINSULAR PLATEAU covers the southern part of India.
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Mountain is a landform which is usually in form of a peak. They are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. Himalaya is a range of mountain in Asia separating the plains of Indian subcontinent from Tibetan Plateau. Himalaya includes over 50 mountains.
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The Alaska range is part of the Rocky mountains, but some people call this range "on it's own". They might be the most oldest mountains in the world, but they are small because they are old. This is the tallest mountain in the world, at 29,000 feet high (8,000 meters high), in the himalayas.
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1)Western himalayas is higher than the eastern himalayas. 2)Eastern himalayas receive more rains than the western himalayas and are thus more greener too. 4)The western himalayas is broader from south to north than the eastern himalayas. ... 6)The temperature is much less in the western himalaya than the eastern himalaya.
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['The Arctic Fox. The Arctic Fox is one of the most endearing animals in the Tundra region. ... ', 'Polar Bears. Polar bears are increasingly becoming endangered species due to climate change. ... ', 'Prairie Pigeon. ... ', 'Arctic Peregrine Falcon. ... ', 'Wood Bison. ... ', 'Caribou. ... ', 'Narwhal. ... ', 'Musk Ox.']
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Abstract. The Indian subcontinent can be divided into four geographical divisions. In this paper, we characterize three of the four divisions; the Northern Plains, the Deccan Plateau, and the Northern Mountains or the Himalayan as regions with dissimilar climatic and physical resources.
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Looking at the temperatures, the tundra appears to be colder than the taiga. The taiga has trees, more flora and fauna while the tundra has no trees at all. It is just too cold for woody tress to grow.