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A village with clustered stone houses sits in the foreground, with the snow-covered Annapurna massif towering above green hills in Nepal's Himalayan Range. Great Himalayas Leh, India: palace of the kings of Ladakh A simplified geological cross section of the Himalayas running north to south, showing the Ganga Basin as a foreland basin, crystalline rock overthrusting the Indian Plate, and a steep thrust fault ramp beneath the Great Himalayas, with labeled features including the Main Boundary Thrust, Main Central Thrust, ophiolites, and Kangdese granites.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Map added. Jun 26, 2023
Modified link of Web site: MapsofIndia.com - Mountains of India - Great Himalayas. Feb 02, 2018
Add new Web site: MapsofIndia.com - Mountains of India - Great Himalayas. Jul 22, 2015
Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Introduction to the Himalayas. Apr 23, 2012
New article added. Oct 30, 2009
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