🔆Pir Panjal Range
✅The recent killing of 2 Army officers and a J&K police officer spotlights the areas south of the Pir Panjal range, which have seen more focus of counter-terror operations in the valley.
✅ The Pir Panjal Range is a group of mountains in the inner Himalayan region, the largest in the lower group of the majestic Himalayas.
✅The Pir Panjal range is also called Pir Ki Gali.
✅Extension - Extends from Nilam (Kishanganga) River in
Pakistan administered Kashmir, running southeast through
Jammu & Kashmir to the upper Beas River in the north-western
part of Himachal Pradesh.
✅The Himalayas show a gradual elevation towards the Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal ranges.
✅Direction - It runs from the west-northwest direction to east-
southeast direction.
✅ Peaks - Deo Tibba and Indrasan are the tallest peaks in the Pir
Panjal Range.
✅ Passes - Pir panjal, Banihal, Sinthan, Rohtang La.
✅Significance - The Pir Panjal Range serves as an effective climatic barrier and blocks the monsoon winds to reach the higher Himalayan slopes and the main valley of Kashmir.
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