Shyok River
| Shyok River | |
|---|---|
Ghanche (Pakistan) | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 35°21′N 77°37′E / 35.35°N 77.62°E |
| Mouth | Indus River |
• coordinates | 35°14′N 75°55′E / 35.23°N 75.92°E |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Yugo gauging station, Pakistan.[2] |
| • average | 1041 m3/sec |
| • minimum | 859 m3/sec |
| • maximum | 1199 m3/sec |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Indus River |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Nubra River |
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The Shyok River is a tributary of the
The Shyok River originates at the
The Nubra River, originating from the Siachen glacier, also behaves like the Shyok. Before Diskit, the southeasterly flowing river Nubra takes a northwest turn on meeting the river Shyok. The similarity in the courses of these two important rivers probably indicates a series of paleolithic
Name
The name Shyok (or Shayog) is derived from Tibetan ཤག་མ (shag) 'gravel' + གཡོག་ (gyog) 'to spread' and therefore means 'gravel spreader', referring to the large quantities of gravel that the river deposits when it floods.[6] The name is sometimes incorrectly glossed as 'river of death'.[1]
Valley
The Shyok Valley is the valley of the Shyok River. It is near the
Tributaries
The
The Galwan River is in the southern part of Aksai Chin, Galwan originates in the area of Samzungling and flowing to the west which joins the Shyok River.[citation needed]
The Nubra River is a tributary of the Shyok River, which flows into the Indus River. It flows in the Ladakh region of India.[citation needed]
The Saltoro River begins in the skirts of the Saltoro Kangri peak ridge and flows to the southwest. Another branch starts from the western Siachen glaciers and flows to the west to join it at Dumsum village. North of the Ghursay Valley, it meets Mashburm Peak's Hushe River and empties into Shyok River in southwest.[citation needed]
Tourism
Siachen Base Camp tourist adventure, many monasteries, Pangong Tso etc. are tourism opportunities.
Gallery
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Shyok inKhaplu Valley -
Kharfaq and Yugu -
Road marker map
See also
References
- Sharad Singh Negi: Himalayan Rivers, Lakes, and Glaciers. Indus Publishing 1991, ISBN 81-85182-61-2
- H. N. Kaul: Rediscovery of Ladakh. Indus Publishing 1998, ISBN 81-7387-086-1, p. 30-31 (restricted online version (Google Books))
Footnotes
- ^ ISBN 978-81-7387-100-9.
Shyok: river of death. (Sheo: death).
- ^ "Detection of Sediment Trends Using Wavelet Transforms in the Upper Indus River". Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Turtuk, the village on the India-Pak border, is where the clichés stop and fantasies begin". Archived from the original on 15 May 2015.
- ^ Aerial view of river junction
- ISBN 978-0-86442-709-0. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
- JSTOR 43299854. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
External links
- Shyok River at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Shyok River
- Shyok[permanent dead link]
- "Shyok Valley Project - An Experiment In Suof Jammu and Kashmir"
