Siwalik Hills

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mountain_range
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Shivalik_Hills
gptkbp:contains Dun valleys
gptkbp:country gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Bhutan
gptkb:India
gptkb:Nepal
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:ecosystem gptkb:Himalayan_subtropical_pine_forests
Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests
gptkbp:extendsTo gptkb:Brahmaputra_River
gptkb:Indus_River
gptkbp:featureType gptkb:Siwalik_Group
gptkbp:formsBoundaryWith gptkb:Indo-Gangetic_Plain
gptkbp:geologicalAge Miocene to Pleistocene
gptkbp:highestPoint about 1,500 m
gptkbp:importantFor paleontological research
gptkbp:knownFor fossil beds
gptkbp:length about 2,400 km
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Bhutan
gptkb:India
gptkb:Nepal
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:namedAfter Shivalik (meaning 'tresses of Shiva')
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Dehradun
gptkb:Jammu
Kathmandu
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:fish
plants
turtles
crocodilians
prehistoric mammals
ancient hominoids
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Outer_Himalayas
gptkbp:riverCrosses gptkb:Kosi_River
gptkb:Beas_River
gptkb:Chenab_River
gptkb:Sutlej_River
gptkb:Ravi_River
gptkb:Jhelum_River
gptkb:Yamuna_River
gptkb:Ganga_River
gptkb:Ghaghara_River
gptkb:Indus_River
gptkb:Teesta_River
gptkbp:separates Terai region from Inner Himalayas
gptkbp:width 10–50 km
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Indian_Plate
gptkb:Himalayan_foothills
gptkb:Outer_Himalayas
gptkb:Terai
gptkb:sub-Himalayan_belt
gptkb:Tribhuvan_Highway
gptkb:Elephas_platycephalus
gptkb:Terai_region_of_Nepal
gptkb:Nepal_Terai
gptkb:Terai_region
gptkb:Terai_Arc_Landscape
gptkb:Babai_River
gptkb:Soanian_archaeological_sites
gptkb:Early_Miocene
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Siwalik Hills

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