Zaskar Range

The Zaskar Range or Zanskar Range is a mountain range in the Indian regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, that separates Zanskar from Ladakh.[1] Geologically, the Zanskar Range is part of the Tethys Himalaya, an approximately 100-km-wide synclinorium formed by strongly folded and imbricated, weakly metamorphosed sedimentary series. The average height of the Zanskar Range is about 6,000 m (19,700 ft). Its eastern part is known as Rupshu. It belongs to the trans-Himalayas.[2]

Zaskar Range
Zanskar Range
Highest point
PeakKamet, Chamoli District of Uttarakhand, India
Elevation7,756 m (25,446 ft)
Prominence2,825 m (9,268 ft)
Dimensions
Area7,000 km2 (2,700 sq mi)
Geography
LocationJammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, India
location map of Zanskar

Geography

Zanskar covers an area of some 7,000 square kilometres (2,700 sq mi), at an elevation of 3,500-7,000 metres (11,500–23,000 feet).

The Zaskar River flows through this range and cuts the deep and narrow Zanskar Gorge.

The range extends southeastward for some 400 miles (640 km) from the Karcha (Suru) River to the upper Karnali River. Kamet Peak (25,446 feet [7,756 metres]) is the highest point, and the most important passes are Shipki, Lipu Lekh (Lipuleke)[1]

References
  1. "Zaskar Range | mountains, Asia". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. http://www.pmfias.com

https://www.pmfias.com/himalayas-himalayan-ranges-shiwaliks-outer-himalayas-lesser-himalayas-greater-himalayas-trans-himalayas-purvanchal/


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