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Himachal is situated in the interiors of western himalayas. The state is bordered by Jammu and Kashmir in the North, Uttar Pradesh in the South-East, Haryana in the South and Punjab is in the West. Himachal is situated between 30"22' and 30"12' north latitude and between 75"47' and 79"4' east longitude. It is a mountainous state with elevation ranging from about 350 to 6000 meters (1050 ft. to 18000 ft.) above the sea level. Shimla is the state capital. Himachal takes its name from the Himalayas. Himachal literally means Land of snowy mountains.
There is great variation in the climatic conditions of Himachal due to extreme variation in elevation i.e. 450-6500mtrs. The climate varies from hot and sub-humid tropical (450-900mtrs) in the southern tracts, warm and temperate (900-1800mtrs), cool and temperate (1900-2400mtrs) and cold alpine and glacial (2400-4800mtrs) in the northern and eastern mountain ranges with more elevation.

Particulars and Characteristics	Shivalik Zone	Mid-Hill Zone	High hill zone	Trance-Himalayan Zone
Altitude	Upto 800m	800m-1,600m	1,600m-2,700m	2,700m-3,600m
Type of area	Valley areas and foothills	Hilly and mountain ranges	Alpine zone	Lahaul Spiti and Kinnaur range
Climatic conditions	Sub tropical	Slightly warm temperature	Cool temperature with humidity	Dry and extremely cold conditions
Rainfall in mm.	1,500	1,500-3000	1,000-1,500	500
% of total geographical area	30%	10%	25%	35%
% of total cultivated area	55%	30%	10%	5%