Rupshu is a high elevation plateau and valley and an eponymous community development block in southeast Ladakh. It is between the Startsapuk Tso and Tso...
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the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located close to Nyoma, in the Rupshu region and block, on the shores of the Tso Moriri lake. It is among the...
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is a fluctuating salt lake known for its size and depth situated in the Rupshu Plateau and valley in the southern part of Ladakh in India. It is also recognised...
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Nyoma tehsil and subdivision cover all of southern Ladakh, including the Rupshu plains south of Nyoma, the Indus valley of Skakjung north of Nyoma, and...
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nomadic grazing region located in south-eastern Ladakh, India. It is in Rupshu block, south of the Tso Moriri lake, on the bank of the Parang River (or...
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an elevation of 4.705 m (15.44 ft) above the sea level. It lies in the Rupshu Valley in Ladakh at the height of over saltwater lakes at 4,663 m (15,299 ft)...
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kilometers southeast of the elevated valley of the core Rupshu Valley and falls within the greater Rupshu Plateau and valley area. The lake is ringed by mountains...
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to the border with India's Ladakh. Chepzi is close to Chumar in Ladakh's Rupshu region. There is evidence that the people of Chumar have traditionally used...
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Zanskar Range is about 6,000 m (19,700 ft). Its eastern part is known as Rupshu. Zanskar had a population of approximately 20,000 in 2020. There have been...
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Proper, on the Indus; 3rd, Zanskar, on the Zanskar river; 4th, Rukchu [Rupshu], around the lakes of Tshomo Riri [Tso Moriri] and Tsho-Kar; 5th, Purik...
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world's highest year-round inhabited village. The Tsokar Lake lies in the Rupshu valley and it is the famous Salt Lake of Ladakh. The Changtang Wildlife...
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about seventy monks. In the past, the monastery was the headquarters of the Rupshu Valley. It is an independent monastery under Korzok Rinpoche, widely known...
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Yi-mig rock (Imis pass)". To the west of this frontier were the highlands of Rupshu and, beyond it, Zanskar. Sengge Namgyal (r. 1616–1642) built the prominent...
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the Changpa in the Changthang regions of Ladakh, including the Kharnak, Rupshu, Demchok/Skakjung and the Pangong Lake regions. The goats survive on grass...
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Zangskar, Trans-Zangskar Expedition, Spiti to Ladakh, Spiti to Pitok to Hemis, Rupshu, the Great Salt lakes, Chadar Ice trek Leh is capital of Ladakh. It has...
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of China. It borders India's Spiti region in Himachal Pradesh as well as Rupshu region in Ladakh. The region is watered by the Pare Chu river, a tributary...
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were more likely to call it by the name of locale above their own, as the "Rupshu river" or "Tsotso river", Tsotso being the name of the valley in West Tibet...
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The Salt Valley is a wide open area in the Rupshu region, a valley in southeast Ladakh, India. The valley has a length of about 20 km and a maximum width...
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Parang La trek is a well-known trek for crossing from Spiti valley into Rupshu plains of Ladakh. The Bhaba Pass trek in the Pin valley is a popular summer...
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used by nomads of nearby villages such as Chushul and Nyoma as well as Rupshu. The Skakung pasture land can be used year-round because it rarely snows...
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of hGog; all the places belonging to rGya (Gya, on the way from Leh to Rupshu). The description makes clear that Purig (the Suru River basin near present-day...
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Zorawar Singh divided his forces into three divisions, sending one via the Rupshu and Hanle, one along the Indus valley towards Tashigang (Zhaxigang) and...
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Plateau Depsang Plains More plains Sirijap Teram Shehr Plateau Valleys Leh Rupshu Salt Valley Mushkoh Valley Padum Shyok Suru Valley Nubra Zanskar Aryan valley...
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Honours. He published on the Geology of Spiti with parts of Bushahr and Rupshu (1904) and a Sketch of the Geography and Geology of the Himalaya Mountains...
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southern Tibet). Its type locality is "Lake Tso Moriri" = Tsho-marari, Rupshu, Ladakh. The preferred natural habitats of P. theobaldi are desert, grassland...
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It is 21,801 feet (6,645 m) high, making it the tallest mountain in the Rupshu area, as well as the second highest in the Mangrik area, which is located...
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Hemis Chemre Gya Spituk Udaipur Darcha Manali Kibber Kaza Karzok PURIG RUPSHU LAHUL SPITI L A D A K H Stok Kangri Kang Yatze Saser Kangri Shilla Nun Kun...
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representatives of the Hemis monastery and the former kardar (tax collector) of Rupshu. The two appear to have lived in Demchok from around 1921, in a single building...
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Hayden, H.H. (1904). "The Geology of Spiti, with Parts of Bashahr and Rupshu". Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. XXXVI, Part I (I). Calcutta:...
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Plateau Depsang Plains More plains Sirijap Teram Shehr Plateau Valleys Leh Rupshu Salt Valley Mushkoh Valley Padum Shyok Suru Valley Nubra Zanskar Aryan valley...
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