What if India never had Himalayan mountains?

North & East India would be very different, without the perennial Himalayan rivers serving the region. * So no Gangetic & Brahmaputra fertile plains. * No deltas on India's Eastern coast. read more

North & East India would be very different, without the perennial Himalayan rivers serving the region. So no Gangetic & Brahmaputra fertile plains. No deltas on India's Eastern coast. Flooding wouldn't be such a big disaster as it is today. Punjab wouldn't be the agriculturally productive region that it is. read more

First, had there been no Himalayas there would be no retreating monsoon which usually is responsible for more than 80 percent of the total rainfall of Tamil Nadu. Second, the winters would have been more severe due to the cold Siberian winds which the Himalayas presently shields India from. read more

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 ! The Himalayas comprise the most dominating geographical feature of India. read more