Western Himalayas - Eastern Himalayas

Western Himalayas

Eastern Himalayas

The western Himalayas EBA extends along the mountain chain from western Nepal (west of the Kali Gandaki valley) through Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir in North –west India and northern Pakistan, and then south- west along the mountains in the border region between region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Western region is known for blue pine, spruce, silver fir, junipers, conifers deodar, and Chirpine, which are found in abundance.

Eastern Himalaya is situated between Central Nepal in the west to Myanmar in the east, occupying southeast Tibet in China, Sikkim, North Bengal, Bhutan and North –East India. The average temperature generally recorded is 20 C. The average rainfall in the area is about 500mm. Eastern Himalaya can be divided into four distinguished regions : Darjeeling Himalaya, Sikkim Himalaya, Bhutan Himalaya, Arunachal Himalaya The area has been declared a biodiversity hotspot by Conservation International. The eastern Himalayas are famous for maples, rhododendrons, alder, and birch, oaks , laurels, and dwarf willows.