More In Detail (Part 2)

 Hello Readers!  I am Back with the next part and totally there are 10 parts. The first part was the last post.  Today i am gonna say you about the Nanda Devi, Drang Drung Glacier, Andaman and Nicobar islands, Khajjiar.Let's start with Nanda Devi.

Nanda Devi

It is the second highest mountain within India.Nanda Devi is a two-peaked massif*,forming a 2-kilometre-long (1.2 mi) high ridge*, oriented east-west. The western summit is higher, and the eastern summit, called Nanda Devi East, (locally known as Sunanda Devi) is the lower one. it is located in Uttarakhand.  

Drang Drung Glacier

The Drang-Drung Glacier (also called Durung Drung Glacier) is a mountain glacier near the Pensi La mountain pass at the Kargil - Zanskar Road in the Kargil district of Ladakh in India.The Drang-Drung Glacier is likely to be the largest glacier in Ladakh other than the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram Range, with a maximum length of 23 kilometres .The Drang-Drung Glacier is a long river of ice and snow, a source of the Stod River which is a tributary of the Zanskar River and the Zanskar River is a tributary of Indus River.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India comprising 572 islands of which 37 are inhabited. The territory is divided into three districts: Nicobar District with Car Nicobar as capital, South Andaman district with Port Blair as capital and North and Middle Andaman district with Mayabunder as capital. A significant portion of the union territory was submerged and subsequently lost to sea due to tsunami in 2004. The territory which measured 8,073 km² (3,117 sq mi) before the tsunami now stands at 7,950 km² (3,070 sq mi).

Khajjiar

Khajjiar is a hill station in Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, India, located approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) from Dalhousie*.Khajjiar sits on a small plateau with a small stream-fed lake in the middle that has been covered over with weeds. The hill station is surrounded by meadows and forests. It has a rare combination of three ecosystems:lake, pasture* and forest.

Now you saw these information and you might wonder for the meaning of some words. Now i am going to say meaning of some given in various colour with *. 

Dalhousie

* -- Dalhousie is a beautiful hill station in Chamba district, in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is situated on 5 hills and has an elevation of 1,970 metres above sea level.

pasture* -- land let for grazing

massif* -- In geology, a massif is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated* by faults . In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole. The term also refers to a group of mountains formed by such a structure.

demarcated* -- set the boundaries 

ridge* -- A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance.

 

Hope you understood and learnt  new vocabulary. See you all in the next post.

Signing of 

With love and passion,

Devmitra.V