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Asia INDIA Great and Lesser Himalayas

	Rice paddies (flood-checks), Punjab, Northern India
	Man-made (anthropogenic) landscape in the foothills of the Himalayas covered with coniferous and mixed (pine) forests. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Vegetables in the local market: Beans (golden bean, or Mash - Vigna aureus and May - Vigna mungo), Squash and the Chinese Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia). Himachal Pradesh, the district Dharmsala, Northern India
	Tributary of the Beas river in the foothills of Pir-Pandzhal (extreme north-west ridge of the Lesser Himalayas), covered with light-coniferous (pine) forests. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Mixed and light-coniferous (pine) forests on the slopes of the foothills of Pir-Pandzhal (extreme north-west ridge of the Lesser Himalayas). Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Rhesus monkeys, or bunder (Macaca mulatta) eating a banana. Foothills of Pir-Pandzhal (extreme north-west ridge of the Lesser Himalayas). Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Rhesus monkeys, or bunder (Macaca mulatta) on the grass. Foothills of Pir-Pandzhal (extreme north-west ridge of the Lesser Himalayas). Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Beas River in the foothills of the Pir-Pandzhal ridge (Small Himalayas) near the town of Mandi, covered with mixed and light-coniferous (pine) forests. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Evergreen rain forest from tall palm trees, laurel, tree ferns and bamboo with many lianas and epiphytes on the slopes of the Lesser Himalayas. The valley of the river Beas, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Naggar City in the Kulu (Kullu) Valley on the slopes of the Lesser Himalayas, surrounded by coniferous (pine) forests. Height is about 2000 m above the sea level, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Deodar, or Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara) on the rocks in the Kulu Valley (Kullu), the slopes of the Lesser Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Branches and young buds of the Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara). The slopes of the Lesser Himalayas, Kullu Valley (Kullu), Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Branches and young buds of the Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara). The slopes of the Lesser Himalayas, Kullu Valley (Kullu), Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Coniferous forests dominated by fir average altitude zone near the border with sub-alpine meadows in the Lesser Himalaya (about 3000 m above sea level). Kulu Valley (Kullu), Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Coniferous forests with fir predominance in the average altitude zone near the border with sub-alpine meadows in the Lesser Himalaya (about 3000 m above sea level). Kulu Valley (Kullu), Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Waterfall trickling down the cliff in the dark coniferous forests Altitudinal zone . Kulu Valley (Kullu), Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Waterfall trickling down the cliff in the subalpine meadows altitude zone. Mountains on the way to the Rattan pass (4000 m above sea level), the Great Himalayas Range, Great Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Altitudinal zone of alpine meadows in the alpine zone of the Great Himalayas Range. Great Himalayas, the height from 3300 to 3800 m above sea level, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Altitudinal zone of alpine meadows in the alpine zone of the Great Himalayas Range. Great Himalayas, the height from 3300 to 3800 m above sea level, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	The bed of a mountain river Chenab with the floodplain deciduous forest and terraced farming on the slopes in the Great Himalayas. Heights from 3300 to 3800 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Keylong town in the Great Himalayas. Height is about 3350 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Xerophytic juniper (Juniperus) sparse forest on the mountain slopes in the Great Himalayas (Chandra River). Height is about 3800 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	The valley of the Chandra-Ta river in the intermountain basin. The Great Himalayas, height is about 3800 m above sea level. The road from Keylong to the Sarchu pass. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Apron (cone), accumulated talus at the foot of the mountains (the result of the rocks denudation) in the Great Himalayas. Height is about 4000 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Altitudinal zone of the high (alpine) desert in the Great Himalayas, with signs of active denudation of rocks. Height is about 4700 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Highland (Alpine) Lake Depak-Tal in the valley of glacier type (stream, dammed with the moraine) with signs of active denudation of the surrounding rocks. Height is about 4700 m above sea level. Great Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Altitudinal zone of the high (alpine) desert in the mountain hollow with signs of active denudation of rocks. Great Himalayas Range Zaskar (Zanskar), height is about 5,000 m above sea level. Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India
	Alpine relief: altitudinal zone of the high (alpine) desert with active denudation of metamorphosed sedimentary and crystalline rocks. Great Himalayas Range Zaskar (Zanskar), height is about 5,000 m above sea level. Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India
	Alpine relief: accumulated talus (cone) at the foot of the mountains (the result of denudation of metamorphosed sedimentary and crystalline rocks) in the altitudinal zone of alpine desert. Great Himalayas Range Zaskar (Zanskar), height is about 5,000 m above sea level. Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India
	Alpine relief: the classic cones - accumulated talus (cone) at the foot of the mountains (the result of denudation of metamorphosed sedimentary and crystalline rocks) in the altitudinal zone of alpine desert in Great Himalayas. Height is about 5500 m above sea level. Ridge Zaskar (Zanskar), Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India
	Water erosion of the mountain river banks - Carap river after Sarchu Pass (Camp Sarchu) - a type of a denudation (destruction) of sedimentary rocks. The riverbed cut the alluvial deposits filled the intermountain basin. Altitudinal zone of the alpine desert in the Great Himalayas. Ridge Zaskar (Zanskar), height is about 5,000 m above sea level. Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India
	Water erosion of the mountain river banks - Carap river after Sarchu Pass (Camp Sarchu) - a type of a denudation (destruction) of sedimentary rocks. The riverbed cut the alluvial deposits filled the intermountain basin. Altitudinal zone of the alpine desert in the Great Himalayas. Ridge Zaskar (Zanskar), height is about 5,000 m above sea level. Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India
	Water erosion of the mountain river banks - Carap river after Sarchu Pass (Camp Sarchu) - a type of a denudation (destruction) of sedimentary rocks. The riverbed cut the alluvial deposits filled the intermountain basin. Altitudinal zone of the alpine desert in the Great Himalayas. Ridge Zaskar (Zanskar), height is about 5,000 m above sea level. Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India
	The horizontal layering of crystalline and sedimentary metamorphosed rocks and cones (accumulated at the foot of talus, as a result of active denudation) in the alpine desert in the Great Himalayas. Height is about 5,000 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Huge talus - the result of a process of active denudation of rocks on the tops of mountains in the Great Himalayas. Altitudinal zone of the alpine desert. Height is about 5,000 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	The road to the pass of La Lachang, built on a huge talus (scree slopes) of the valley in the altitudinal zone of the alpine desert. Alpine relief, height is about 4,600 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Moss-covered rocks on the slope of the talus in the alpine wilderness of the Great Himalayas. Ridge Zaskar (Zanskar), height is about 4,600 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Ridge Zaskar (Zanskar) and springs in the Rumtze valley with alpine meadows in the mountain hollow on a plateau in the Great Himalayas. Height is about 5,500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Alpine relief on the ridge of Ladakh: scree (talus) near the top of the mountains - the result of the rocks denudation processes on the tops of the Great Himalayans altitudinal zone of the alpine desert. Height is about 5,000 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Hemra Monastery and anthropogenic landscape with terraced farming on the bottom of the Indus river valley. High-altitude plateau with signs of active denudation and talus in the Great Himalayas at an altitude of 5,000 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Anthropogenic (man-made) landscape with terraced, irrigated agriculture in the bottom of the Indus river valley. High-altitude plateau with signs of active denudation and talus in the Great Himalayas at an altitude of 4500 m above sea level. View from the Monastery of Tiksi, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Alpine relief on the border between desert and alpine nival zones on the ridge tops Zaskar (Zanskar), in the Great Himalayas. Visible in the distance is horizontal layering of crystalline and sedimentary metamorphosed rocks. The height is 4,600 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	View of the Karakoram Mountain system and the Indus valley on the way from Ladakh to the Kardung-La pass. Below is the valley of the Indus-river with irrigated agriculture. Height is about 5600 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	View of the Karakoram Mountain system and the Indus valley on the way from Ladakh to the Kardung-La pass. Below is the valley of the Indus-river with irrigated agriculture. Height is about 5600 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Ladakh mountain range, the view from the Kardung-La Pass (5600 m above sea level). Alpine landscape: nival zone with signs of active denudation of rocks and talus on the tops of Great Himalayas. Far away - Karakoram ranges. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Anthropogenic (man-made) landscape with woody vegetation at the bottom of a river valley in the mountain hollow, dividing ridges of Ladakh and the Karakoram. Nubra valley, the river Shayok. Height is about 4500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Anthropogenic (man-made) landscape with trees and shrubs at the bottom of a river valley in the mountain hollow that separates the Great and the Lesser Himalayas. Height is about 4500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Floodplain and a riverbed of the Indus on the valley bottom, composed of alluvial deposits in the intermountain basin that separates the Great and the Lesser Himalayas. Height is about 4500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	The merger of the Indus River (left) and Zanskar river (right), surrounded by mountains, with the active processes of denudation and talus. Great Himalayas, region of Ladakh, Zaskar Range (Zanskar), the height is about 4500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	The merger of the Indus River (left) and Zanskar river (right), surrounded by mountains with alluvial deposits and active processes of denudation and talus. Great Himalayas, region of Ladakh, Zaskar Range (Zanskar), the height is about 4500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Indus River, cutting the canyon through the ridge with traces of active denudation and talus slopes. Great Himalayas, the height is about 4500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	River Valley Drass with floodplain vegetation on alluvial deposits. Great Himalayas, the height is about 4500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Meandering Drass riverbed, divided into branches with floodplain meadows in alluvial deposits. Great Himalayas Range Zaskar (Zanskar), altitude about 4500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Meadows used as pastures on alluvial deposits in the valley of Drass river. Great Himalayas Range Zaskar (Zanskar), altitude about 4500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	A herd of small ruminants (sheep and Angora goats) on the bridge over the Drass river. Great Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Goats in a herd of cattle. Great Himalayas Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	The slopes of the Great Himalayas Range, covered with dark coniferous forests and coniferous woodland (fir, deodar, juniper). Altitude is 2,500 to 4,500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Altitudinal zonation in the Great Himalayas: coniferous forest (Himalayan cedar, fir) – juniper woodlands - Alpine Meadows - Alpine Desert - nival belt at altitudes from 2,500 to 4,500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Altitudinal zonation in the Great Himalayas: coniferous forest (Himalayan cedar, fir) – juniper woodlands - Alpine Meadows - Alpine Desert - nival belt at altitudes from 2,500 to 4,500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Altitudinal zonation in the Great Himalayas: coniferous forest (Himalayan cedar, fir) – juniper woodlands - Alpine Meadows - Alpine Desert - nival belt from altitudes of 2,500 to 4,500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	River Valley in the Great Himalayas, with altitudinal zones (belts) of coniferous forests to alpine meadows at elevations from 2,500 to 4,000 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Altitudinal zonation in the Great Himalayas in the zones (belts) of coniferous forests (deodar, fir) to alpine meadows at elevations from 2,500 to 3,500 m above sea level. From the left you can see an avalanche chute with scree and alluvial fans at the bottom of the slope. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Old deodar (Cedrus deodara) in the area of dark-coniferous forests. Sonmarg village (2740 m above sea level), the Great Himalayas Range, Great Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Altitudinal zonation in the Great Himalayas: coniferous forest (Himalayan cedar, fir) – juniper woodlands - alpine desert - nival belt at elevations from 3,500 to 4,500 m above sea level. Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	A small mountain stream in the zone of mixed forests (deodar, fir and oak). Height is about 2700 meters above sea level, the Great Himalayas Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Coniferous forests (deodar, fir) on the border with nival belt. Height - 2700 meters above sea level, the Great Himalayas Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
	Meadows, used as pastures in the area of dark-coniferous forests in the foothills of Pir-Pandzhal (Small Himalayas), near the town of Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India
	Alpine zone with alpine meadows and nival belt at altitudes from 2,500 to 3,500 m above sea level. Foothills of Pir-Pandzhal (Small Himalayas), near the town of Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India
	Glacier on the Pier Pandzhal Ridge. View to the dark coniferous forests altitudinal belt from the nival zone. Small Himalayas, near the town of Gulmarg, 53 km from Sri Nagar, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India. Height is about 4100 m above sea level.
	Kashmir valley and Lake Dal with the plantations of Indian lotus - Nelumbo nucifera (obsolete: Nelumbium speciosum, Nelumbium nelumbo) in the valley between Pier-Pandzhal and the Great Himalayas Range (Lesser Himalayan foot). Kashmir valley, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India
	Flowers and leaves of the Indian lotus - Nelumbo nucifera (obsolete: Nelumbium speciosum, Nelumbium nelumbo) on the plantation on Lake Dal between Pier-Pandzhal and the Great Himalayas Range (Lesser Himalayan foot). Kashmir valley, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India
	Flower and leaves of the Indian lotus - Nelumbo nucifera (obsolete: Nelumbium speciosum, Nelumbium nelumbo) on the plantation on Lake Dal between Pier-Pandzhal and the Great Himalayas Range (Lesser Himalayan foot). Kashmir valley, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India
	Indian lotus leaves (Nelumbo nucifera) and lily’s leaves and flower. Dal Lake between Pier Pandzhal and the Great Himalayas Range (Lesser Himalayan foot). Kashmir valley, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India

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