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प्रश्न
Answer the following questions :
What are the characteristics of tourism in the Himalayan region?
उत्तर
- The beautiful collection of architecture of many temples and varied landscape makes the Himalayan district one of the best places to visit on earth.
- Near one million visitors come to the Himalayas each year for mountain trekking, wildlife viewing and pilgrimages to Hindu and Buddhist sacred places.
- Treks to the icy summits of Great Himalayas have become popular due to which number of foreign visitors have increased in recent years.
- The Monasteries in the Trans-Himalayan regions is a sacred place for the Buddhists.
- Uttarakhand, called as ‘Devbhoomi’ i.e. land of Gods, has many sacred pilgrimages of different religions including Haridwar, the Char Dhams-Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, Yamunotri and Sikh pilgrimage of Hemkund.
- Tourism has been highly boosted by the developed transportation services in the Himalayan region. Major urban centres such as Shimla, Srinagar and other important tourist destinations are connected through railways, air routes and developed roads.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give the geographical reasons for the following:
Most of the Himalayan rivers are perennial in nature.
The Western Himalayas
Give geographical reasons for the following statement.
Himalayas determine climatic conditions of India.
Devbhoomi (Uttarakhand)
Match the items in Column 'A' with those in Column 'B' :
| Column 'A' | Column 'B' | ||
| (i) | K - 2 | (a) | Zaskar Range |
| (ii) | Manasarovar | (b) | Heavily glaciated |
| (iii) | The Karakoram | (c) | Source of river Indus |
| (d) | The second highest peak in the world |
Write the short note on:
Origin of Himalayas.
Answer the following question in detail.
Give details about the rivers of the Himalayas.
Write the short note on:
The Eastern Himalayas
Mark the following in the outline map of India. Write the names and given Index:
1. Palk Strait;
2. Purvanchal;
3. Lakshadweep;
4. Rajasthan Dessert.
Find out the names of the glaciers and passes that lie in the Great Himalayas.
Find out the name of the states where the highest peaks are located.
Find out location of Mussoorie, Nainital, Ranikhet from your atlas and also name the state where they are located.
