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7. How do the Lesser Himalayas favour tourism?

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Lesser Himalayas, also calledInner Himalayas, Lower Himalayas, orMiddle Himalayas, middle section of the vastHimalayasmountain system in south-centralAsia.

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 disputedKashmirregion (Gilgit-Baltistan, administered byPakistan, andJammu and Kashmirstate, administered byIndia), the Indian states ofHimachal PradeshandUttarakhand,Nepal, the Indian state ofSikkim, andBhutan.

The range lies between theGreat Himalayasto the northeast and theSiwalikRange (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 thewestern (Punjab),Kumaun,Nepal, andAssamHimalayas ranges.



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