# Lower Himalayan Range

_Inner mountain range of the Himalayas_

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Last updated: 2026-10-02

> The Lower Himalayan Range, also called the Lesser Himalayas and Mahabharat Lekh or Himachal, is one of the four parallel sub-ranges of the Himalayas. It has the Great Himalayas to the north and the Sivalik Hills to the south. It extends from the Indus River Basin to the Brahmaputra Valley, traversing across Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, China and Bhutan. The sub-range has an average elevation of 3,700–4,500 m (12,100–14,800 ft).

## Quick facts

- **Type:** mountain range ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2544588#P31))
- **Coordinates:** 28.7500, 83.5000

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Lower Himalayan Range](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Himalayan_Range) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): महाभारत पर्वत श्रृङ्खला](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q2544588](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2544588) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Mahabharat Range at Tansen 2.jpg by Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 2.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mahabharat_Range_at_Tansen_2.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Lower Himalayan Range, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Mahabharat Range at Tansen 2.jpg — Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 2.0.

## Cite this page

"Lower Himalayan Range". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/lower-himalayan-range. Retrieved 21 October 2026.