What is the correct sequence of occurrence of the following mountain ranges as one proceeds from south to north? 1. Zaskar Mountains 2. Ladakh Range 3. Pir Panjal Range 4. Karakoram Range Select the correct answer using the code given below.

What is the correct sequence of occurrence of the following mountain ranges as one proceeds from south to north? 1. Zaskar Mountains 2. Ladakh Range 3. Pir Panjal Range 4. Karakoram Range Select the correct answer using the code given below. Correct Answer 3-1-2-4

The correct answer is 3-1-2-4.

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• The Karakorams are part of a complex of mountain ranges at the centre of Asia, including the Hindu Kush to the west, the Pamirs to the northwest, the Kunlun Mountains to the northeast, and the Himalayas to the southeast.
  • The borders of Tajikistan, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India all converge within the Karakoram system, giving this remote region great geopolitical significance.
  • Karakoram Range extends eastwards from the Pamir for about 800 km.
  • It is a range with lofty peaks .
  • It is the abode of some of the greatest glaciers of the world outside the polar regions.
• Ladakh Range is the southeastern extension of the Karakoram Range in south-central Asia.
  • The range extends southeastward for some 230 miles (370 km) from the mouth of the Shyok River in the Northern Areas, through Jammu and Kashmir state, to the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
  • With a crest line of about 6,100 metres, the range parallels the northeast bank of the Indus River.
• The Zaskar Range is a mountain range in the Indian regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, that separates Zanskar from Ladakh.
  •  Kamet Peak (7,756 metres) is the highest point, and the most important passes are Shipki, Lipu Lekh, and Mana.
  • Geologically, the Zanskar Range is part of the Tethys Himalaya, an approximately 100-km-wide synclinorium formed by strongly folded and imbricated, weakly metamorphosed sedimentary series.
  • Its eastern part is known as Rupshu.
  • It belongs to the trans-Himalayas.
• The Pir Panjal Range is a group of mountains in the Lesser Himalayan region, running from east-southeast to west-northwest across the Himachal Pradesh, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
  • It is part of the western (Punjab) Himalayas, the western outlier of the vast Himalayas system.
  • Pir Panjal is the largest range of the Lesser Himalayas.
  • Near the bank of the Sutlej River, it dissociates itself from the Himalayas and forms a divide between the Beas and Ravi rivers on one side and the Chenab on the other.