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Leh (/ ˈ l eɪ /) [2] is a city in Indian Union Territory of Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. [3] It is the capital of Ladakh since medieval age. [4] Leh, located in the Leh district, was also the historical capital of the Kingdom of Ladakh.
Before partition, Baltistan, now part of Pakistan, had been a district of Ladakh; Skardu was the winter capital of Ladakh, with Leh being the summer capital. The mountain ranges in this region were formed over 45 million years by the folding of the Indian Plate into the more stationary Eurasian Plate. The drift continues, causing frequent ...
The glacier lies in the northeastern Himalayan Range known as the Zanskar Range, 142 km (88 mi) south of Kargil and 331 km (206 mi) east of Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir. [5] The Drang-Drung Glacier is a long river of ice and snow, a source of the Stod River, [2] a tributary of the Zanskar River, itself a tributary of the Indus ...
Shey is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. [2] It is located in the Leh tehsil , 15 km from Leh towards Hemis . Shey was founded as the summer capital of Ladakh (then called Maryul ), by the king Lhachen Palgyigon in the 10th century, with Leh being winter capital. [ 3 ]
Pages in category "Glaciers of Ladakh" ... Siachen Glacier This page was last edited on 25 July 2023, at 22:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Capital of Ladakh may refer to: Kargil; Leh This page was last edited on 5 January 2021, at 14:55 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Hemis National Park is a high-elevation national park in Hemis in Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is approx. 50 km from Leh,One of the capital of Ladakh (Leh, Kargil). Globally famous for its snow leopards, it is believed to have the highest density of them in any protected area in the world. [1]
Skardu is located along the Kohistan-Ladakh terrane, formed as a magmatic arch over a Tethyan subduction zone that was later accreted onto the Eurasian Plate. [7] The region has low seismic activity compared to surrounding regions, suggesting that Skardu is located in a passive structural element of the Himalayan thrust . [ 7 ]