Q. Consider the following pairs:

          Peak                                              Mountains

1. Namcha Barwa                     Garhwal Himalaya
2. Nanda Devi                            Kumaon Himalaya
3. Nokrek                                    Sikkim Himalaya

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

• 1 and 2
• 2 only
• 1 and 3
• 3 only

Answer: (b) 2 only

Namcha Barwa

• Namcha Barwa is in North-Eastern India whereas Garhwal Himalaya is in Uttarakhand.
• It is in an isolated part of southeastern Tibet rarely visited by outsiders.
• It stands inside the Great Bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River as the river enters its notable gorge across the Himalayas, emerging as the Siang and becoming the Brahmaputra.
• On other hand, the Garhwal Himalayas are mountain ranges located in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Nanda Devi

• Kumaun Himalayas, the west-central section of the Himalayas in northern India, extends 200 miles (320 km) from the Sutlej River east to the Kali River.
• The range, comprising part of the Siwalik Range in the south and part of the Great Himalayas in the north, lies largely within the state of Uttarakhand, northwest of Nepal.
• It rises to 25,646 feet (7,817 metres) at Nanda Devi, the range’s highest peak.

Nokrek

• The Nokrek Biosphere Reserve is located in the northeast of India on the Tura Range, which forms part of the Meghalaya Plateau (average altitude: 600 meters).

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