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[[File:Doon Valley, Dehradun, 1850s.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Doon Valley, [[Dehradun]], 1850s]]
The '''Doon Valley''' is an unusually wide, long valley within the [[Sivalik Hills]] and the [[Lower Himalayan Range|Lesser Himalayas]], in the [[Indian states]] of [[Uttarakhand]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Haryana]]. Within the valley lies the city of [[Dehradun]], the capital of Uttarakhand state.

==Geography==
The Doon Valley lies between two intermittent ranges of the [[Himalayas]], the Outer Himalayas (a.k.a. the [[Siwalik Hills]]) and the Lesser Himalayas, know locally as the Mussoorie Range. It is bounded on all sides by mountains, with northern range running from [[Kalsi]] in the west to [[Muni Ki Reti]] in the east with [[Mussoorie]] at the centre in a semi-circular arc; and southern range running at south from [[Paonta Sahib]] in the west to [[Haridwar]] in the east. The valley also forms a watershed between the [[Yamuna]] and [[Ganges]] river systems. In fact, the Yamuna and Ganges are closest to each other as they pass the Doon valley, with the Yamuna forming the western boundary and the Ganges the east. It runs 75 km long from west to east.

The Doon Valley is ecologically rich, particularly with regard to birdlife, with over 500 bird species having been recorded within the valley and in the surrounding areas, including the [[Mussoorie]] Hills and [[Rajaji National Park]]. The [[Reserved Forest]]s and community forests in the region, in and around the valley are also botanically rich in terms of [[hardwood]] deciduous forests (esp. ''Sal'' or [[Shorea robusta]], and [[Teak]]), flowering and fruiting trees, natural [[wetland]]s, and [[Terai]] and [[Bhabar]] ecosystems. Several rivers (e.g. [[Song River (India)|Song]], [[Tons River|Tons]], Suswa, Jakhan, Rispana and Asan) and a number of lesser streams flow through the valley, having their sources in either the Mussoorie Hills or the Sivalik Hills; all local rivers ultimately flow into either the Ganges or the Yamuna. Other than Rajaji National Park, the local protected areas include [[Asan Barrage]] Conservation Reserve and [[Jhilmil Jheel]] Conservation Reserve, with the 1000-acre campus of the [[Forest Research Institute (India)|Forest Research Institute]] in [[Dehradun]] representing another [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA).

==Important areas==
[[Rajaji National Park]], [[Kalesar National Park]] and [[Jaunsar-Bawar]] region adjoin the valley as well.

===Towns===
''In Uttarakhand:''
* [[Dehradun]]
* [[Dehradun Cantonment]]
* [[Clement Town]]
* [[FRI and College Area]]
* [[Raipur, Uttarakhand|Raipur]]
* [[Vikasnagar]]
* [[Sahaspur, Uttarakhand|Sahaspur]]
* [[Herbertpur]]
* [[Dakpathar]]
* [[Doiwala]]
* [[Rishikesh]]
* [[Dhalwala]]
* [[Muni Ki Reti]]
* [[Virbhadra]]
* [[Pratitnagar]]

''In Himachal Pradesh:''
* [[Paonta Sahib]]

==See also==
*[[List of valleys of India]]
*[[Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal]]

==Further reading==
* ''Birding in the Doon Valley'', by Nikhil Devasar, SB Dutta & Santanu Sarkar (Editor). Publisher: Winterline Trust, 2012.
* ''The Doon valley across the years'', by Ganesh Saili. Publisher: Rupa & Co., 2007.

==External links==
*{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Mussoorie |volume=19 |page=97}}
*{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Siwalik Hills |volume=25}}

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[[Category:Valleys of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Geography of Dehradun]]

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