How does the Himalayas protect India?

10 Significance of the Himalaya Mountains to India are as follows: 1. Climatic Influence, 2. Defence, 3. Source of Rivers, 4. Fertile Soil, 5. Hydroelectricity, 6. Forest Wealth, 7. Agriculture, 8. Tourism, 9. Pilgrimage, 10. Minerals ! 1. read more

Besides, they prevent the cold continental air masses of central Asia from entering into India. Had there been no Himalayas, the whole of India would have been a desert in the absence of precipitation and its winters would have been very severe under the influence of cold airmasses coming from Central Asia. read more

The Himalayas have been protecting India from outside invaders since the early times thus serving as a defence barrier. But the Chinese aggression on India in October, 1962 has reduced the defence significance of the Himalayas to a considerable extent. read more