Inspired by the Department Store in the Warner Bros. movie A Christmas Story. With nose pressed on the window, a youngster dreams of something from the window display under the tree on Christmas morning. Hand painted porcelain, with light cord.
The soils found in the Himalayas are diverse in character depending upon altitude, vegetation cover, slope, structure and stage. The major soil groups in the Himalayas are brown hill soil, sub-mountain soils, mountain meadow soil and red loamy soils, apart from other less significant types.
Himalayas - Ecology. 1  The flora and fauna of the Himalayas vary with climate, rainfall, altitude, and soils. 2  At high altitudes, the elusive and endangered snow leopard is the main predator. 3  The unique floral and faunal wealth of the Himalayas is undergoing structural and compositional changes due to climate change.