Siwalik

The Mahabharat Range consists of severely eroded pre-Siwalik quartzites, phyllites and sandstones.

Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal 2009

In central and eastern Nepal, this ecoregion covers parts of the Siwalik and Mahabharat ranges on the south-facing slopes between 1,000 m and 2,000 m.

Himalayan subtropical pine forests 2008

These forest types consist of Dodonea scrub, subtropical dry evergreen forests of Olea cuspidata, northern dry mixed deciduous forests, dry Siwalik sal forests, moist mixed deciduous forests, subtropical broadleaf wet hill forests, northern tropical semi-evergreen forests, and northern tropical wet evergreen forests.

Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests 2007

The forest types include Dodonea scrub, subtropical dry evergreen forests of Olea cuspidata, northern dry mixed deciduous forests, dry Siwalik sal (Shorea robusta) forests, moist mixed deciduous forests, subtropical broadleaf wet hill forests, northern tropical semi-evergreen forests, and northern tropical wet evergreen forests.

Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests 2007

Neem is thought to have originated in Assam and Burma (where it is common throughout the central dry zone and the Siwalik hills).

3 The Tree 1992

And the subaltern recognised with a thrill of delight that he was entering the wonderful Terai Jungle, the marvelous belt of woodland that stretches for hundreds of miles along the foot of the Himalayas through Assam and Bengal to the far Siwalik range, clothing their lower slopes or scaling their steep sides into

The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly

"Yes, sir, it was Siwalik, the Master of the Horse to Prince Tasatat; and the lady is now with him on the road to Simla."

The Coming Conquest of England August Niemann 1879

I say this without forgetting Montmartre, Siwalik, or Pikermi -- and I think that I am quite safe in adding that no collection which has been hitherto formed approaches that made by Professor Marsh, in the completeness of the chain of evidence by which certain existing mammals are connected with their older tertiary ancestry.

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

Churia/Siwalik regions conservation, wetland management and fire prevention techniques, as well as supporting sustainable use of natural 6. 6

Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2010

In the span of two-and-a-half million years climate change caused a shift in Siwalik habitat from wet monsoon forest to savannah, dooming over half the mammal species to local extinction.

Mongabay.com News 2009