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Leh (/ ˈ l eɪ /) [2] is a city in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. [3] It is the largest city and the joint capital of Ladakh. [4] It is the capital of Ladakh since the Medieval Period. [4]
The average temperature of Dras in winter is -20 degrees Celsius. [5 ... with average temperatures near 23 °C (74 °F) and little precipitation. ... in Ladakh where ...
Summers are short, though they are long enough to grow crops; summer weather is dry and pleasant. Peak temperatures range from 3 to 35 °C (37 to 95 °F) in the summer and minimums range from −20 to −35 °C (−4 to −31 °F) in winter. [73] The Zanskar (along with its tributaries) is the primary waterway of the region.
The warmest month of the year is July with an average temperature of 23.3 °C. In January, the average temperature is −8.8 °C. It is the lowest average temperature of the whole year. The difference in precipitation between the driest month and the wettest month is 76 mm. The average temperatures vary during the year by 32.1 °C. [39]
Ladakh is a cold desert where agriculture is not practised during the winter due to frozen soil and low air temperatures. During spring, water requirement for sowing increases, while at the same time, streams dry up. With annual rainfall of less than 50 millimetres (2.0 in), agriculture in Ladakh is solely dependendent on snow and glacier ...
Tso Moriri frozen Buddhist shrine.On the banks of Tso Moriri, Leh district, Ladkah, 2010 Lake Tsomoriri and sign.. Tso Moriri or Lake Moriri (Tibetan: ལྷ་མོའི་བླ་མཚོ, Wylie: lha mo bla mtsho) or "Mountain Lake", is a lake in the Changthang Plateau (literally: northern plains) in Leh district of the union territory of Ladakh in India.
Sham Valley, nicknamed the "Apricot Valley", [1] is a Himalayan valley along the Indus River and NH1 - Srinagar-Kargil-Leh National Highway [2] [3] [4] in the Sham district [5] of the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh. [6] The valley is located around 170 kilometres from Kargil and 180 kilometres from the Ladakh's capital Leh. [7]
The confluence of the Zanskar River (from top) and the Indus (bottom flowing from left to right) is 3 km southeast of Nimmu/Nimu/Nimoo village along NH1 Kargil-Leh Highway in Ladakh. The stunning confluence of the brown waters of the Indus River and the green waters of the Zanskar River near Nimmu village is a popular spot for photography ...