India

Nature

Because India's Himalayan country can be found here unreal number of high mountains. The most popular destinations are Garhwal Himalayas and mountains in Ladakh and Kashmir.

The most beautiful lakse: lies to the north of the country, surrounded by high mountains. In Ladakh is located Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri lake, in Sikkim is famous Gurudongmarlake. Kashmir is also famous for its magnificent the Alpine lakes, e.g. Gangabal or hugelakeDal with houseboats.

When you say a river of India, so just think of all the sacred river Ganga in Varanasi. Tourists who want to swim in this strongly polluted river needs mainly a lot of courage. In the north of the country dominates Indus, where contrasting green agricultural fields next to a river with arid mountains around. Perhaps the most famous canyon in the country has a wild river Zanskar. From its confluence with the Indian is slowly becoming a place of pilgrimage.

In India, you will find some of the highest road passes in the world. ** Marsimik la ** (5,582 m above sea level) is considered to be the highest. It was previously cited as the highest pass ** Khardung la ** (5,359 m above sea level) (Still many people believe it has 5,602 m above sea level) The 5,000-strong passes also include ** Chang la ** (5,360 m above sea level) and ** Taglang la ** (5,328 m above sea level)

Through India flows a number of major rivers. The best known and most sacred is Ganga.

• Ganga: With an overview the most important Indian River is Ganga which collecting a wide range of Himalayan tributaries (Yamuna, Ghaghara, Kosi and Gandaki). The total length of river is 2,620 km.
• Brahmaputra: turn brings water from Tibet. The total length is 2,948 km
• Indus: flows in India in Ladakh, but more importantly is for Pakistan. The total length is 3,180 km.

You will find dozens of beautiful waterfalls in India. extremely powerful and tall The highest waterfalls in India: Nohkalikai Waterfall in rainy Cherrapunji is the highest single jump waterfall in India. It is 340 meters high. In Goa, there is a 310-meter-high Dudhsagar Waterfall in 4 cascades. The highest overall is considered the Thoseghar in Satara with a height of about half a kilometer The most beautiful waterfalls: Jog waterfalls are beautiful very powerful waterfalls. The most powerful waterfalls: Hoggenakal Waterfall is nicknamed Niagara India

• India's highest mountain is ** Kanchenjunga ** (8 586m) located on the border with Nepal. – Perhaps more important for India is the sacred and second highest mountain of the country ** Nanda Devi ** (7,816 m above sea level) in the Garhwal Himalayas, which lies entirely in the „inland“. There is also the third highest mountain ** Kamet ** (7,756 m above sea level). – Next in line are the mountains in the Indian part of Karakoram – ** Saltoro Kangri ** (7,742 m above sea level) located in the problematic area of the Siachen Glacier and ** Saser Kangri ** (7 672 m above sea level). In total, there are 38 mountains higher than 7,000 meters above sea level.

Among the most beautiful mountains not only in India but in the whole world is ** Shivling ** (6,543 m above sea level) located in the Garhwal Himalayas.

India has a very rich fauna and flora. You will find the most interesting Asian safaris in several national parks.

The most typical Indian animal is tiger and elephant. Of course snakes cobra. In the mountains, you can occasionally see rare snow leopard. In the lowlands, for example, a rhino.

India is a large country and as such it has a lot of vegetation zones and many interesting species of trees. The national and at the same time sacred tree is a huge Banyan Fig tree. One of the most beautiful and largest trees in India are, however, Himalayan cedars (deodar), which are seen mostly in the Himalayan foothills. They grow to an impressive 60 meters. Very mighty cedars can be seen for example in the valley Khullu.