This range, in fact is a branch of the great Himalayan range of mountains.
The lower Himalayan range is just 40 km from the river and it lies in north of it.
Lying in the middle and outer Himalayan ranges, the district has mostly a hilly terrain.
Its location in the greater Himalayan range gives it a milder climate than the plains.
The land is mostly mountainous with the Himalayan ranges running north south.
It rises in the south-facing slopes of the main Himalayan range.
Breezes from Himalayan ranges make the winter climate freezing cool.
It seems probable that we have reached the beginning of the Himalayan range.
There was the October 2005 earthquake in the Himalayan range that killed of 75,000.
The lower Himalayan range is 40 km north of it.