Himalayas
plural noun
the Himalayas, a mountain range extending about 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8,848 meters).
sub-Himalayan
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a word derived from
Himalayas.
Example Sentences
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Northeast of Rajasthan, the sub-Himalayan courts of the Punjab hills also witnessed shifts in artistic language before and after the arrival of the Mughals.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2016
It breeds throughout the Himalayas, at any elevations up to 7000 feet, where the hills are not bare, and in some places in the sub-Himalayan jungles.
From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Allan Octavian Hume
The chír pine so common in sub-Himalayan forests extends up to 6500 feet.
From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Sir James McCrone Douie
Falconer has given a striking instance of a similar fact, for an existing crocodile is associated with many lost mammals and reptiles in the sub-Himalayan deposits.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
The Nepal Wood-Shrike is a permanent resident throughout Burma, Assam, Cachar, and the sub-Himalayan Terais and Ranges to which the typical Indo-Burmese fauna extends.
From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Allan Octavian Hume
