Ladakh Range
View of Ladakh Range aboveLeh
Dimensions
Length	370 km (230 mi)
Geography
Interactive map outlining Ladakh range
Country	India
Territory	Ladakh,Baltistan
District	Leh
City	Leh
Range coordinates	34°40′N76°53′E / 34.66°N 76.88°E /34.66; 76.88
Parent range	Karakoram
Borders on	Kailash Range

TheLadakh Range is a mountain range in centralLadakh in India with its northern tip extending intoBaltistan in Pakistan. It lies between theIndus andShyok river valleys, stretching to 230 miles (370 km).^[1]Leh, the capital city of Ladakh, is at the foot of the Ladakh Range in the Indus river valley.

The Ladakh Range is regarded as a southern extension of theKarakoram Range, which runs for 230 miles (370 km) from the confluence of theIndus andShyok rivers inBaltistan to theTibetan border of Ladakh in the southeast.^[1][2] The southern extension of the Ladakh Range is called theKailash Range, especially in Tibet.^[3]

The Ladakh Range forms the northeastern bank of theIndus River and the western bank of theShyok River.^[4]

The Ladakh Range has an average height of about 6,000 metres and has no major peaks. Some of its peaks are less than 4,800 metres.^[5]

The main mountain passes areChorbat (5,090 metres), Digar La (5,400 metres),Khardung La (5,602 metres),Chang La (5,599 metres) and Tsaka La (4,724 metres).^[1]

The city ofLeh lies in theIndus Valley at the foot of the Ladakh Range. Leh is a historic trading town with trade routes toYarkand andTibet on the one hand, andSrinagar and rest of the Indian subcontinent on the other. The summer route from Leh to Yarkand passed through Khardung La to pass into theNubra valley and thence to Yarkand via theKarakoram Pass and Suget Pass (in theTrans-Karakoram Tract). The winter route passed through Digar La to reach the Shyok River valley and, again, reach the Karakoram Pass. The trade route to Tibet went viaGartok in the Indus river valley at the foot of the Kailash Range.^[6] By theTreaty of Tingmosgang signed in 1684, Ladakh had the exclusive right to trade in thepashmina wool from Tibet, which led to its prosperity.^[7]

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• Media related toLadakh Range at Wikimedia Commons
• Romesh Bhattacharji,Maps ofLadakh: Changing yet Unchanged, via Bame Duniya blogspot, 19 March 2013

• Landforms of Ladakh
• Geography of Ladakh
• Mountain ranges of India

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