The physio – graphic characteristics of northern mountainous region spread to the north of India are:
1. It is a newly folded mountain whose width keeps on increasing from the east towards the west.
2. It’s height goes on decreasing to from the east towards the west.
3. This is a combination of several mountainous ranges.
4. This mountain range has a rapid slope towards India while it is found to be slow towards Tibet.
5. The mountain peaks are for away from each other.
6. The eastern part of Himalayas is sharply elevated from Uttar Pradesh and Bengal due to which the peaks of Everest and Kanchenjunga are visible from the plains.
7. The peaks of Nanga parbat, Badrinath, Nanda Devi cannot be seen from the plains.
