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Pages in category "Landforms of Ladakh" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Changtang; L.
Within Ladakh it forms the northern boundary wall of the Indus valley, though when the river enters present-day Indian-controlled Ladakh at Demchok, some 250 km south-east of Leh, it is actually flowing along the foot of the northern flank of these granite mountains, which it crosses by a great gorge close to its confluence with the Hanle River.
Landforms of Ladakh (9 C, 5 P) Leh (1 C, 12 P) P. ... Pages in category "Geography of Ladakh" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
Dras and the Mushkoh Valley form the western extremity of Ladakh. The Indus River is the backbone of Ladakh. Most major historical and current towns – Shey, Leh, Basgo and Tingmosgang (but not Kargil), are close to the Indus River. After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, the stretch of the Indus flowing through Ladakh became the only part of ...
Location of Ladakh Banner of Ladakh. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Ladakh: Ladakh – is a region administered by India as a union territory. Until 2019, it was under the jurisdiction of Jammu and Kashmir. Its location is covered by the Himalayan and Karakoram mountains.
Landforms related to rivers and other watercourses include: Channel (geography) – Narrow body of water; Confluence – Meeting of two or more bodies of flowing water; Cut bank – Outside bank of a water channel, which is continually undergoing erosion; Crevasse splay – Sediment deposited on a floodplain by a stream which breaks its levees
The model in its original form is intended to explain relief development in temperate landscapes in which erosion by running water is assumed to be of prime importance. [5] [7] Nevertheless, the cycle of erosion has been extended, with modifications, into arid, semi-arid, savanah, selva, glacial, coastal, karst and periglacial areas.
Aeolian landform – Landforms produced by action of the winds include: Dry lake – Area that contained a standing surface water body; Sandhill – Type of ecological community or xeric wildfire-maintained ecosystem; Ventifact – Rock that has been eroded by wind-driven sand or ice crystals; Yardang – Streamlined aeolian landform