The Kumaon Lesser Himalayas are recognized as one of India’s notable Precambrian basins. “We were interested in understanding the collisional dynamics of the Indian and Eurasian plates ...

The Panchachuli peaks, a group of five snow-capped Himalayan peaks that reach 22,651 feet, and Rajramba, which reaches 21,447 feet, on the left, tower over the Johar Valley in Kumaon.Credit ...

begins at Shakti Kumaon, in the northern hill state of Uttarakhand for four days of hiking with views of the snow capped mountains of the Great Himalaya range. Guests, accompanied by local porters ...

ALMORA: The northern Himalayan region has experienced an average of 200 earthquakes annually for the past 27 years, a Kumaon ...

Most of your books are enthralling narratives about the bounteousness and mysticism of the Himalayas. My childhood was spent in the Kumaon hills and a love of the Himalayas is, therefore ...

The icy heights of Kumaon Himalayas have revealed for the first time the presence of the elusive snow leopard, one of the most endangered species on the planet. The icy heights of Kumaon Himalayas ...

for a project situated in an ecologically fragile and sensitive seismic zone of the Kumaon Himalayas at an elevation of more than 6,700 feet above mean sea level (MSL)?” the petitioner asked the ...