Cold Deserts of IndiaThe Arid Tracts Lying In The Rain-Shadow Of The Main Himalayan Range Are Commonly Referred To As Cold Deserts. This Book Provides Useful And Handy Information On The Cold Desert Regions Of India. |
Contents
CLIMATE AND SOILS | 33 |
RIVERS LAKES AND GLACIERS | 45 |
GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURE | 73 |
VEGETATION | 106 |
PASTURELANDS | 123 |
WILDLIFE AND PROTECTED AREAS | 129 |
HISTORY | 146 |
COMMUNITIES | 156 |
RELIGION | 175 |
FAIRS AND FESTIVALS | 185 |
SOCIOECONOMIC SETUP | 195 |
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS | 215 |
PLACES OF INTEREST | 225 |
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agricultural alpine altitude animal husbandry avalanches Bara Lacha pass Bhaga Bharmour Bhotias Buddhists Chamba Chamoli Chandra Chenab climatic conditions cold desert regions coloured crops deserts of India drains Dras entire catchment festival flows forest type formation fossils freezing Gilgit Gilgit river glacial glacier gneiss gompa granite grazing Himachal Pradesh Himalayan Hunza important Indus river inhabited inner dry valleys Jammu and Kashmir Karakoram Karakoram range Kargil Keylong Kinnaur Ladakh Lahaul and Spiti lamas limestone livelihood main Himalayan range melts moraines Namgyal northern Sikkim Nubra occur Padam pass pastures peaks Pithoragarh district population quartzite river system road rocks Rupshu sanctuary Satluj river schists scrub season sediments shales Shigar Shyok river Sikkim Skardu slopes snow snowfall soil species streams summer Suru river Suru valley temperate thick Tibet Tibetan tion tract transition zone trees tributary Tsomorari lake upper Uttarakhand Uttarkashi vegetative cover village volcanics winter