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Vinony's link graph records 1,317 inbound references to Sivalik Hills, and connects out to Pithoragarh district, South Asia and Brahmaputra River.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including Hills of Himachal Pradesh, Hills of Jammu and Kashmir and Hills of Sikkim.
Vinony links it to 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Length
- 2,400 km (1,500 mi)
- Location
- northern Indian subcontinent
- Parent range
- outer Himalayas
- Rock type
- Tertiary
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Country
- Pakistan
- Material used
- sandstone
- Image
- Indo-Gangetic Plain.jpg
- Length
- 1600
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- Commons category
- Shivalik Hills
- mountain range
- Himalayas
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Sivalik Hills, also known as Churia Hills, are a mountain range of the outer Himalayas. The literal translation of "Sivalik" is 'tresses of Shiva'. The hills are known for their numerous fossils, and are also home to the Soanian Middle Paleolithic archaeological culture.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sivalik Hills” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.