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Thimpu, Bhutan: Tashi Chho monastery The Tashi Chho fortified temple (dzong) in the Lesser Himalayas, Thimpu, Bhutan.

Lesser Himalayas

mountains, Asia
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Lesser Himalayas, middle section of the vast Himalayan mountain system in south-central Asia.

Lesser Himalayas
Lesser Himalayas

The Lesser Himalayas extend for some 1,550 miles (2,500 km) northwest-southeast across the northern limit of the Indian subcontinent. Areas include the disputed Kashmir region (Gilgit-Baltistan, administered by Pakistan, and Jammu and Kashmir union territory, administered by India), the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Nepal, the Indian state of Sikkim, and Bhutan. The range lies between the Great Himalayas to the northeast and the Siwalik Range (Outer Himalayas) to the southeast and has an average elevation of 12,000 to 15,000 feet (3,700 to 4,500 metres). It includes portions of the western (Punjab), Kumaun, Nepal, and Assam Himalayas ranges.

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