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Geologic Formation Attractions In Ladakh

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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. Historically, the region included the Baltistan valleys , the entire upper Indus Valley, the remote Zanskar, Lahaul and Spiti to the south, much of Ngari including the Rudok region and Guge in the east, Aksai Chin in the northeast , ...
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Geologic Formation Attractions In Ladakh

  • 1. Magnetic Hill Leh
    Magnet Hill is a Cyclops hill located near Leh in Ladakh, India. The layout of the area and surrounding slopes create the appearance of a hill. The hill road is actually a downhill road. Objects and cars on the hill road may appear to roll uphill in defiance of gravity when they are, in fact, rolling downhill.The other two such magnetic hills are in Gujarat. One is near Bhuj and other at Tulsi Shyam.
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  • 3. Drang-Drung Glacier Ladakh
    The Drang-Drung Glacier is a mountain glacier near the Pensi La mountain pass at the Kargil - Zanaskar Road in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir in India.The Drang-Drung Glacier is likely to be the largest glacier in Ladakh other than the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram Range, with a maximum length of 23 kilometres at an average elevation of 4,780 m . The glacier lies in the northeastern Himalayan Range known as the Zanskar Range, 142 kilometres south of Kargil and 331 kilometres east of Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir.The Drang-Drung Glacier is a long river of ice and snow, a source of the Stod River which is a tributary of the Zanskar River and the Zanskar River is a tributary of Indus River. Doda Peak with an elevation of 6,550 m rises from the glacier.
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