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	Geography of Haryana - Map, Shivaliks, Ghaggar, Yamuna, Saraswati, Morni - India
		Haryana is situated in the north between 27 deg 37' to 30 deg 35' latitude and between 74 deg 28' to 77 deg 36' longitude.
		Rainfall is varied, with Shivalik Hills region being the wettest and the Aravali Hills region being the driest.
		The Sahibi originates in the Mewat hills near Jitgarh and Manoharpur in Rajasthan.
	haryana-online.com /geography.htm (933 words)

	Panchkula district - Haryana - Kalka - Pinjore - HMT - Morni Hills - India
		The rainfall is generally restricted to rolling plain in north and northeast a doom in Pinjore area and flood plain along the Ghaggar river.
		The important rivers/streams of the district are Ghaggar, Sirsa nadi, Kaushalya etc. Generally the slope of the district is from north east to south west.
		The soils in the district are mainly light loam (seoti) piedmont (Ghar and Kandi), Shivalik (pahar), silt clay (Naili and chhachhra Dakar) etc.
	haryana-online.com /Districts/panchkula.htm (510 words)

	Shivalik Hills, a home to pre-historic fossils (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Shivaliks, also known as the sub-Himalaya or the foothills, run in a continuous belt from Jammu, through the Kangra Valley and then on through the Sirmaur District to Dehradun and further on the Bhabbar tracts of Garhwal and Kumaon.
		Worldwide attention was focused on the Shivalik Hills when a large number of fossils of Sauropods, turtles, crocodiles were found by geologists of Punjab University.
		The Shivaliks are a treasure trove for the world's richest collection of mammalian fossil wood and rocks, helping to solve the mysteries of evolution of prehistoric life.
	www.keralanext.com /news/?id=1038515 (361 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Shivalik Hills (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Siwalik Hills are chiefly composed of low sandstone and conglomerate hills, the solidified and upheaved detritus of the great range in their rear, the intermediate valley lying between the outer hills and the Mussoorie.
		Rainfall is varied with Shivalik Hills region being the wettest and the Aravali Hills region being the driest.
		150 acres at the foothills of Shivalik hills.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shivalik-Hills (497 words)

	Shivalik_Hills LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
		The Siwalik Hills (also spelled Shiwalik, Shivalik, or Sivalik) are the southernmost and geologically youngest foothills running parallel to the main Himalayas.
		The Mohan Pass is the principal pass accessing the Siwalik Hills from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh to Dehra and the hill station of Mussoorie in Uttarakhand.
		The Siwalik Hills are chiefly composed of sandstone and conglomerate formations which are the solidified and upheaved detritus of the great range in their rear, but often poorly consolidated.
	language.school-explorer.com /info/Shivalik_Hills (376 words)

	Official Website of Chandigarh Administration
		Shivalik hills are ecologically sensitive and geologically unstable and thus are highly prone to soil erosion during rains.
		The soil in the Shivaliks is sandy, embedded with pockets of clay which is highly susceptible to erosion by surface run off.
		Sukhna lake was constructed in 1958 and in sixties and early seventies, the rate of situation of the lake was very high due to high rate of soil erosion from its catchment area.
	chandigarh.nic.in /green_suk_wild.htm (200 words)

	Shivalik City, Mohali - eproperty4u.com
		Shivalik Estates is part of the Shivalik City which is linked to Chandigarh Kharar road (National Highway 21) and is also linked to the Shivalik Enclave by 80 ft. wide road.
		150 acres at the foothills of Shivalik hills.
		Shivalik Group of Companies is in the business of development of Real Estates and is developing the biggest township (Approved by Punjab Urban Development Authority) of approximately 185 acres in the periphery of Chandigarh by the name and the brand of Shivalik city.
	www.eproperty4u.com /fprlist.php?pid=5 (1768 words)

	InfoHub - Shivaliks (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Shivalik hills are well developed along the southern edge of Himachal Pradesh, from the Kangra valley, in a broad belt, to the Sirmaur region on the border with U.P. The landscape is typically, low rolling hills, bisected by innumerable gullies, seasonal streams, known as choes, which drain this region.
		Prior to the middle of the last century, the hills were covered with thick acacia and pine forests, the forest floor being covered in a lush tangle of undergrowth.
		The Shivaliks are a part of the Himalayan mountain chain that have been neglected for a long time, though the problems and the conservation measures required were identified as early as 1895.
	www.infohub.com /forums/printthread.php?t=3044 (1625 words)

	TribuneIndia: Shivalik foothills being levelled
		The Shivaliks have a great significance as for as the geological history of the subcontinent is concerned.
		According to residents of the city, most of the hills were levelled at the behest of deras, many of which mushroomed in the vicinity of the city after the levelling.
		Several hills were levelled during the peak of militancy as militants used them for hiding.
	www.sikhnet.com /Sikhnet/discussion.nsf/0/1D46662F527D3F0887256C9E007E68FA (400 words)

	North India Tourism Himachal Pradesh
		Surrounded by forests of chir pine, rhododendron and Himalayan Oak, Dharamshala is the main hill station in the Kangra Valley.
		It is a fertile, undulating valley, lying between the gentle Shivalik Hills and the foothills of the mighty Dhauladhars.
		Shimla is a beautiful hill town in the lap of nature, surrounded by pine and deodar forests also called as Queen of the Hills.
	www.indian-seo.com /indiatourism/NorthIndia-Tourism-Best-of-Himachal.asp (967 words)

	webindia123.com-land of punjab-natural population regions of punjab-area punjab-capital of punjab-population of ...
		This region covers the outer range of the Shivalik Hills and is approximately 6 to10kms in width.
		One view advanced is that the present Shivalik Range is the flood plain of a big river to whom pilgrims gave the name Indo-Brahm and Pascoe- Shivalik.
		The Shivalik region covers the eastern most areas of Ropar, Hoshiarpur and Gudaspur districts and runs like a wall, north-west to south-east, separating the Sirsa and Una valleys of Himachal Pradesh from the plain areas towards the west.
	www.webindia123.com /punjab/land/land.htm (713 words)

	Hill Stations In India, Popular Hill Stations India, Trips to Hill Stations Tours
		Shimla, the Queen of the Hills, was once a string of hill stations that the British established to escape from the scorching heat of the plains.
		Surrounded by forests of chir pine, rhododendron and Himalayan Oak, Dharamsala is the main hill station in the Kangra Valley.
		It is a fertile, undulating valley, lying between the gentle Shivalik Hills and the foothills of the mighty Dhauladhars.
	www.indiatravelagents.org /hill-stations-india.html (367 words)

	Shivalik Hills, a home to pre-historic fossils
		The Shivaliks, also known as the sub-Himalaya or the foothills, run in a continuous belt from Jammu, through the Kangra Valley and then on through the Sirmaur District to Dehradun and further on the Bhabbar tracts of Garhwal and Kumaon.
		Students were overwhelmed to learn that the Shivalik Hills were having about 6,000 meters of layered sequence of rocks.
		The Shivaliks are a treasure trove for the world's richest collection of mammalian fossil wood and rocks, helping to solve the mysteries of evolution of prehistoric life.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20070628/699700.html (385 words)

	Open Directory - Regional:Asia:India:Himachal Pradesh:Localities (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This village is on the slopes of the Dhol Giri mountain, and is known for the cave temple of Baba Balak Nath.
		A fertile, undulating valley, lying between the gentle Shivalik Hills and the foothills of the mighty Dhauladhars.
		Almost in the centre of Himachal, lying along the left bank of the river Beas in the foot hills of medium sized Shivalik ranges, Mandi at a height of 760 metres (2,495 ft) entails a rich heritage of culture, of both historical and theological significance.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Asia/India/Himachal_Pradesh/Localities/desc.html (623 words)

	Saketi The Shivalik Fossil Park
		THE Shivalik Fossil Park at Saket, a small village, 14km south of Nahan, and about 5 km from the industrial town of Kala Amb, on the border of Haryana and Himachal Pardesh, is one of the most unique attractions in this state.
		Built in 1974, it underlines the beginning of new era in the history of national geological monuments of India, and is an attempt to make the common man aware of rich heritage and the mysteries of science and nature.
		Smaller sizes of the animals displayed in the Shivalik Fossil park at Saketi are also displayed in the Museum at Shimla.
	123himachal.com /lkh7.htm (180 words)

	PIB Press Release
		The Unit was entrusted with the task of restoration of the degrading ecology of the Shivalik Hills and the Garhwal Himalayas through afforestation and soil conservation techniques.
		The Aglar Watershed Project is in the catchment area to the north of the river and across the Mussoorie ridge.
		These hill tracts are barren and bare due to the incessant felling of trees and fodder collection.
	pib.nic.in /release/release.asp?relid=4711 (839 words)

	city guide, city tour, travel destinations in india - Goamit Holidays
		When you are approaching the city, you would see the jagged skyline of the Shivalik Hills looming large over the city and the faint image of an old temple dedicated to Goddess Chandi, from which the city got its name.
		Morni Hills, a beautiful hill resort, is situated at around 45 kilometres from Chandigarh in the Ambala district of Haryana.
		The hills are located in the lower reaches of Shivalik Range of Himalayas and are an ideal base for trekking, rock-climbing, and adventure sports.
	www.goamit.com /cityguide_chandigarh.html (1160 words)

	Shivaliks in India (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shivaliks constitute a long chain of narrow and low hills lying almost parallel to the main ranges of the Himalayas.
		The hill slopes are much steeper on the northern side while the slope is gentler and it gets merged to the flat floored structural valleys called 'duns' in the south.
		The dun of Dehra is the biggest with a length of 35 km and width of 25 km.
	www.india9.com /i9show/Shivaliks-18250.htm (92 words)

	Saketi The Shivalik Fossil Park
		THE Shivalik Fossil Park at Saket, a small village, 14km south of Nahan, and about 5 km from the industrial town of Kala Amb, on the border of Haryana and Himachal Pardesh, is one of the most unique attractions in this state.
		Built in 1974, it underlines the beginning of new era in the history of national geological monuments of India, and is an attempt to make the common man aware of rich heritage and the mysteries of science and nature.
		Smaller sizes of the animals displayed in the Shivalik Fossil park at Saketi are also displayed in the Museum at Shimla.
	www.123himachal.com /lkh7.htm (180 words)

	General Inf
		Bounded by the Himalayas, in the North, the Shiwalik hills in the South, the Ganges in the East and Yamuna river in the West.
		In the N-E, the Kalange Hills rise steeply to 3000 ft. and in the S-E the conical Nagsidh Hills rise to 2000 ft. DOON is situated at latitude 38° 18’ N and longitude 78° 2’ E of Greenwich.
		Just as the city is ringed by the Himalayan range in the north and the Shivalik hills in South so do the rivers Ganga and Yamuna run on its eastern and western flanks respectively.
	www.geocities.com /visituttaranchal/dehradun/geninf.htm (285 words)

	Punjab Geography
		This region covers the outer range of the Shivalik Hills and consists of conglomerates, clays and silts-all having the character of fluviatile deposits of rivers and stream.
		The Shivalik region covers the eastern most areas of Ropar, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur districts and runs like a wall, north-west to south-east, separating the Sirsa and Una valleys of Himachal Pradesh from the plain areas towards the west.
		It is higher near the Shivalik Hills but slopes away from them.
	www.maharashtraweb.com /Punjab/punjabGeography.htm (233 words)

	Profile of Haryana
		Haryana has Uttar Pradesh on its eastern border, Panjab on its western border, Himachal Pradesh and Shivalik Hills on its northern border and Delhi, Rajasthan and Aravali Hills on its southern border.
		Shivalik Hills: altitude varying between 900 to 2300 meters.
		Aravali hills: This is a dry area with uneven, irregular landscape.
	www.spiritofchennai.com /india-states/haryana.htm (1046 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro
		In this blazing summer, the drive from Delhi to Dehra Dun invokes elemental fear, with the outline of the horizon shimmering eerily, and the roadside villages entombed in sepulchral silence.
		By then the vistas are dominated by the stately pines, and the heart of the hill town, stretching from the Landour Clock Tower to the old Library, has shown up through the wood.
		The not-so-plain tale from the hills had it that Miss Mountstephen had used her mind-bending power from a distance to make the victim add the poison to her medicine.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040425/asp/look/story_3164476.asp (1063 words)

	Joint Forest Management Program: A Case Study from Haryana, India
		The entire northern border of Haryana state falls in the Shivalik hills belt, which is 5 to 15 km in width and runs for about 100 km from the south-east to north-west, parallel to the outer Himalayas, at a distance of 10 to 15 km from it.
		The land slips caused due to undercutting of hill sides by flowing water are the major contributors of heavy sediment load in the seasonal streams.
		The Shiwalik hills of Haryana are mostly inhabited by pastoral communities and the livestock population is high.
	srdis.ciesin.org /cases/india-031.html (3211 words)

	JAMMU - General Information
		Between these two extremities lie a series of scrub-covered hills, forested mountain ranges and river valleys, encompassing several microclimatic regions that extend from Kishtawar in the north-east to Akhnoor in the south-west, and the historic town of Poonch in the north-west to the borders of Kangra (H P) in the south-east.
		The Shivalik hills cut across the area from the east to the west while the rivers Ravi, Tawi and Chenab cut their way through the region.
		The Bhalessa tract enveloping the adjoining hills of Chamba in Himachal Pradesh, is inhabited by the Gaddis, another semi-nomadic community, who graze immense flocks of goats and sheep along the Himalayan slopes.
	www.jktourism.org /cities/jammu/index1.htm (820 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Agriculture Tribune
		Gone too was a period when the Shivalik hills were strictly preserved for hunting and no cultivation, grazing or exploitation of timber was permitted.
		If all the five states in shadow of the Shivaliks were to pool their sources and resources, much of the problems that man first created then helplessly suffered, can be countered.
		The land affected by choes in Hoshiarpur district alone increased from 194 sq km in 1852 to 286 sq km in 1886 and to 2,000 sq km by 1939.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010212/agro.htm (3682 words)

	Chandigarh travel guide - Wikitravel
		When you are approaching the city, you would see the jagged skyline of the Shivalik Hills looming large over the city and the faint image of an old temple dedicated to Goddess Chandi,(15 km form Chandigarh) from which the city got its name.
		Lahore, the historical capital of Punjab was ceded to Pakistan and Chandigarh was conceived to be a symbol of India's freedom.
		In the north, the capital complex, consisting of the Secretariat, Legislative Assembly and High Court, with the hills as a background dominating the city.
	wikitravel.org /en/Chandigarh (2908 words)

	webindia123.com city guide - chandigarh- Places around Chandigarh
		The temple built on the rising foot hills of the Shivalik mountains is now in ruins.
		It is a beautiful hill resort in the Ambala district of Haryana.
		This high projection of the Shivaliks is a protected forest which is an ideal place for trekking, rock-climbing and adventure sports.
	www.webindia123.com /city/chandigarh/around.htm (585 words)

	Transformation of the Sikh Panth
		He withdrew his army to Kirtapur at the edge of the Shivalik Hills outside of Mughal territory.
		Guru Har Rai (1630-61) withdrew, after his grandfather's death, even further back into the Shivalik Hills to avoid further conflict and settled in the territory of Sirmur.
		His time was spent teaching and this he did sometimes beyond Sirmur on the plains.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/sikhism/transf.html (1181 words)

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