Syntaxial Bends of the Himalayas

In this article we’re going to learn about the syntaxial bend of the Himalayas. As you know, Himalayas stretches for around 2,400 km in east-west directions. They pass through Nepal, Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and many other countries and states.

​But, in the west near Nanga Parbat where the Indus river makes 500 meters deep gorge, the Himalayas takes sudden southward turn. They bend like a hairpin.

The same thing happens at Namcha Barwa in Arunachal Pradesh where the Brahmaputra rivers makes a gorge. In the language of geologists, these bends are called Syntaxial Bends of the Himalayas.

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