Sub-Himalayan Range

The Sub-Himalayan Range (also known as the Cis-Himalaya) is the southernmost mountains in the Himalayan range, located on the Indian subcontinent. Their average height varies between 600 and 1200 meters, and are not so high in altitude as compared to other mountain ranges in the Himalaya range.^[1]^[2]

Himalayan foothills form the sub-Himalayan zone. Located from Punjab region to the Indian state of Assam. These hills are consist of a narrow belt of folded neogene molasse type sediments (siwaliks). Southward, the folded siwaliks sequence is covered by Indo-Gangetic Plain alluvium. An acute fault is "Himalayan front fault" cut the alluvium in foothill region, this fault is a series of en-echelon faults which are parallel to the strike of the hills between Punjab and Assam. Northward, this sequence is terminated by MBT, which is a set of north dipping faults and forms the boundary between Southern Himalayas and Lesser Himalayas. Siwalik Hills and Sub‐Himalayan region is home to the Soanian archaeological culture.^[3]

References[edit]

↑ William Theobald (1881). The Siwalik group of the sub-Himalayan region.
↑ Geological Survey of India (1879). A Manual of the Geology of India: Extra-peninsular area, by H. B. Medlicott and W. T. Blanford. [n. d. Geological Survey Office. pp. 521–.
↑ Gwen Robbins Schug; Subhash R. Walimbe (13 April 2016). A Companion to South Asia in the Past. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-1-119-05547-1. Quote: “Soanian and Soanian‐like assemblages are known throughout the entire Siwalik or Sub‐Himalayan region, from Pakistan to northeast India including Nepal...”

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[Theobald1881-1] William Theobald (1881). The Siwalik group of the sub-Himalayan region.

[India1879-2] Geological Survey of India (1879). A Manual of the Geology of India: Extra-peninsular area, by H. B. Medlicott and W. T. Blanford. [n. d. Geological Survey Office. pp. 521–.

[SchugWalimbe2016-3] Gwen Robbins Schug; Subhash R. Walimbe (13 April 2016). A Companion to South Asia in the Past. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-1-119-05547-1. Quote: “Soanian and Soanian‐like assemblages are known throughout the entire Siwalik or Sub‐Himalayan region, from Pakistan to northeast India including Nepal...”

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