Deosai Mountains

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The Deosai Mountains are a range of mountains in the Himalayas. They lie to the southeast of the Indus river gorge in northern Pakistan,^[1] across the western border of Ladakh,^[2] and adjoin the Zaskar Range. The district of Kargil lies at the junction of the Deosai and the Greater Himalayan Range. To the east of the Deosai Mountains is the highland plateau of the Deosai Plains; although the two names are sometimes conflated.^[3] The runoff from the southern slopes of the Deosai Mountains forms a tributary that joins the Shiugo River, which then merges with the Dras River.^[4]

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, form a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the world’s sixth-most populous country with a population exceeding 212,742,631 people. In area, it is the 33rd-largest country, spanning 881,913 square kilometres. Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China in the far northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the northwest, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.

Ladakh is a region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir that currently extends from the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram range to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent. It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in Jammu and Kashmir and its culture and history are closely related to that of Tibet. Ladakh is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and culture.

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References

↑ Chitkara, Madan Gopal (2003). Kashmir's Buddhist Ladakh. APH Publishing. p. x. ISBN 81-7648-440-7.
↑ The Kargil strike: a study of the failure of Indian strategic thought. T.K.S. Ludra. 2000. p. 36. ISBN 81-901218-9-8.
↑ Ludra (2000), p. 15.
↑ Negi, S.S. (2002). Cold Deserts of India. Indus Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 81-7387-127-2.

Coordinates: 35°14′N75°13′E / 35.233°N 75.217°E / 35.233; 75.217

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[chitkara2003-1] Chitkara, Madan Gopal (2003). Kashmir's Buddhist Ladakh. APH Publishing. p. x. ISBN 81-7648-440-7.

[ludra2000-2] The Kargil strike: a study of the failure of Indian strategic thought. T.K.S. Ludra. 2000. p. 36. ISBN 81-901218-9-8.

[3] Ludra (2000), p. 15.

[negi2002-4] Negi, S.S. (2002). Cold Deserts of India. Indus Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 81-7387-127-2.