■ TRANS - HIMALAYAS. ◇ Lies immediately north of Great himala | Upsc geography

■ TRANS - HIMALAYAS.

◇ Lies immediately north of Great himalayan ranges.

◇ also known as Tibetan Himalaya because lies in Tibet.

◇ Average elevation - 3000m.

◇ Average width - 40km in extremities and about 225km in Central part.

◇ Distance of about 1000km in east - west direction.

◇ This contain Tethys sediments. Rocks of this region contain fossil marine sediments but underlain by Tetitiary granite.

◇ The Zaskar, Ladakh, Kailash and Karakoram are main ranges.

◇ K2 lies here.

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