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The Kumaon [12] region consists of a large Himalayan tract, together with two submontane strips called the Terai and the Bhabar. The submontane strips were up to 1850 an almost impenetrable forest, given up to wild animals; but after 1850 the numerous clearings attracted a large population from the hills, who cultivated the rich soil during the ...
Kumaon kingdom was an independent Himalayan kingdom in Kumaon, a region located in the eastern part of the present-day Uttarakhand state of India. It was established around 7th century and remained an independent and sovereign kingdom until 1791.
The Kafni Glacier is located in the upper reaches of the Kumaon Himalayas, to the southeast of Nanda Devi. The glacier gives rise to the Kafni River, which is a tributary of the Pindar River. The Pindar River is a tributary to Alaknanda River, which eventually is one of the two headstreams of the Ganges.
The Panchachuli (पंचाचुली) peaks are a group of five snow-capped Himalayan peaks lying at the end of the eastern Kumaon region, near the Dugtu village in Darma valley. The peaks have altitudes ranging from 6,334 metres (20,781 ft) to 6,904 metres (22,651 ft).
Pindari and Kafni glacier trek Route Map. Several surveys have mapped the retreat of Pindari over the years. The glacier was first surveyed by G.de P.Cotter in 1906. A 1958 survey by Amber P Tiwari and Jangpangi in connection with International Geophysical Year, recorded a retreat of 1,040 m (3,410 ft) in the fifty two years since 1906.
Milam Glacier is a major glacier of the Kumaon Himalaya. History. It is located in the tehsil of Munsiyari, part of the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, ...
Harish Kapadia, Across Peaks and Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, Indus Publishing,1999 ISBN 81-7387-096-9; Harish Kapadia and Soli Mehta, Exploring the Hidden Himalaya, Hodder and Stoughton, 1990, ISBN 81-7387-077-2; E. T. Atkinson, The Himalayan Gazetteer; J. Patel, The Garhwal Kumaon Himalayas, Himalayan Club, Bombay, 1985.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Kumaon Himalaya: 1,616 Uttarakhand: 28 Satopanth: 7,075 [1 ...