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[[File:Garhwal Himal from Camels Back (5281754856).jpg|300px|thumb|Garhwal Himalaya from "Camel's Back", [[Uttarakhand]], India]]<br />
The '''Garhwal Himalayas''' are mountain ranges situated in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rawat|first=Ajay S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olP_A60L-CMC&dq=Garhwal+Himalaya&pg=PA33|title=Garhwal Himalayas: A Study in Historical Perspective|date=November 2002|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-136-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kapadia|first=Harish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KptmxrqhKl4C&q=Curzon+Trail&pg=PP1|title=Across Peaks & Passes in Garhwal Himalaya|date=1999|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-097-2|language=en|author-link=Harish Kapadia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=an empirical study of Garhwal Himalaya|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287647789|access-date=2021-07-12|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Geology ==<br />
This range is also a part of the Himalayan [[Sivalik Hills]], the outer most hills of the Himalaya located in [[Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Uttarakhand]].<br />
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==Major peaks==<br />
{{#invoke:Mountains Prism|list|m|rank,name,elev,prom,fa,tcoords<br />
|7817^[[Nanda Devi]]<br />
|7756^[[Kamet]]<br />
|7434^[[Sunanda Devi]] <br />
|7355^[[Abi Gamin]] <br />
|7274^[[Mana Peak]]<br />
|7242^[[Mukut Parbat]]<br />
|7120^[[Trisul]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
The towns which are included in these ranges are [[Pauri]], [[Tehri]], [[Uttarkashi]], [[Rudraprayag]], [[Chamoli district|Chamoli]], and [[Chota Char Dham]] pilgrimage namely [[Gangotri]], [[Yamunotri]], [[Badrinath]] and [[Kedarnath]]. Some of the sites of the location are the hill stations of [[Mussoorie]],<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Siwalik Hills |volume=25 }}</ref> [[Dhanaulti]], [[Auli, India|Auli]], [[Chopta]]. The [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]], [[Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks]], is also located in Garhwal Himalaya.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Garhwal division]]<br />
* [[List of mountain peaks of Uttarakhand]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Wikivoyage|Garhwal}}<br />
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