Shyok River
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The Shyok River is a tributary of the Indus River that flows through northern Ladakh and enters Gilgit–Baltistan, in Pakistan, spanning some 550 km (340 mi).
Shyok River | |
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Etymology | "the river of death"[1] |
Location | |
Country | India, Pakistan |
Territory | Ladakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan) |
District | Leh (India), Ghanche (Pakistan) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• coordinates | 35.35°N 77.62°E / 35.35; 77.62 |
Mouth | |
• coordinates | 35.23°N 75.92°E / 35.23; 75.92 |
Basin features | |
River system | Indus River |
Tributaries | |
• right | Nubra River |
The Shyok River originates at the Rimo Glacier. Its alignment is very unusual, originating from the Rimo glacier, it flows in a southeasterly direction and, joining the Pangong range, it takes a northwestern turn, flowing parallel to its previous path. Shyok Valley widens at the confluence with the Nubra River but suddenly turns into a narrow gorge near Yagulung (34.77°N 77.14°E / 34.77; 77.14), continuing through Bogdang, Turtuk[2] and Tyakshi before crossing into Baltistan. The valley again widens near its Saltoro River junction at Ghursay. The river joins the Indus at Keris, east of the town of Skardu.[3][4]
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 fault lines trending northwest-southeast in delimiting the upper courses of the rivers.