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Of Mountains and Rivers

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One of the most interesting thing about the Himalayas is how the Rivers interact with the Range and how the River Basins work. Since none of us is taught this in school in the Geography class the way one can study this fascinating aspect is to study Maps. Not the Maps of the new but the old Maps made by the Geological Surveys and the Royal Geographic Society Maps. The kind of detailing in these Maps is amazing when we keep in mind the fact that it was all done by boots on the Ground. No Aerial or Satellite Cartography.

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tags: himalayan basins, himalayan hydrology, ganges, brahmaputra, indus, karakorams, tarim basin, tibet, pamirs
categories: Himalayan Geography
Wednesday 05.06.20
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

Of the Himalayan Mountains and Rivers

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The Rivers and the Himalayas and the even the Mountain Ranges beyond it are always interacting in very interesting ways. In this article we see how the River Basins of the Indus, Ganges and Satluj and the Mountains interact and in some cases the River Basins extend beyond the Ranges themselves.

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tags: indus, ganges, karakorams, satluj, himalayas, kun lun, tian shan, pamirs, water partings, himalayan hydrology, himalayan rivers
categories: Himalayan History, Himalayan Geography
Monday 04.29.19
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

The Indus Irony

The Indus near Leh

The Indus is the River which has given the name to civilization, to a people and to a Country as well. And the country it has given its name to has been the fountainhead of spiritualism where the Mountains and the Rivers are worshiped. But ironically the Indus, the mighty Indus itself figures nowhere in the list of sacred Rivers and a River to its East, the Ganges being the most revered one. We ask why ?

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tags: indus, ganges, holyrivers, indus valley civilization, vedas
categories: Himalayan History
Sunday 04.01.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
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