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Suru Valley
The upper Suru Valley near Rangdum.
The landscape of the lower Suru Valley, looking south towards Nun Kun. As viewed from between Sanku and Panikhar.

The Suru Valley is a valley in the Kargil District in the Union Territory of Ladakh, India. It is drained by the Suru River, a tributary of the Indus River. The valley's most significant town is Sankoo.

Horses, yaks and other animals can be found in the valley. In winter Suru Valley experiences heavy snowfall and avalanches. The literacy rate of Suru Valley is very low as compared to other parts of Ladakh.

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Suru Valley

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The Suru Valley is a valley in the Kargil District in the Union Territory of Ladakh, India. It is drained by the Suru River, a tributary of the Indus...

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Suru

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Rangdum

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Rangdum is a village located in the Suru Valley in the union territory of Ladakh in Northern India. On one side are the colourful hills while on the other...

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Kargil

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multiple river valleys: the Suru River valley to the north and south, the Wakha Rong valley to the southeast leading to Leh, and the Sod Valley to the east...

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Geography of Ladakh

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(under Chinese rule) and the predominantly Shi'ite Muslim Kargil and Suru valley areas in the west (Kargil being the second most important town in Ladakh)...

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Pensi La

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above sea level and connects the Suru Valley region to the Zanskar Valley region. The summit at this end of the Suru Valley, the only peak which can be seen...

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Parkachik Glacier

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north face route to scale Mt Nun. Camping areas are offered in the upper Suru Valley. Panikhar is a nearby place of attraction. Parkachik can be approached...

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Nun Kun

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north by the Suru valley and the Zanskar range, flanked to the east by the Pensi La (4400 m), which separates the Suru and Zanskar Valleys, while the Kishtwar...

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Kargil district

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majority of the Zanskar Range. Its population inhabits the river valleys of the Dras, Suru, Wakha Rong, and Zanskar. The district was created in 1979, when...

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Tourism in Ladakh

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Nubra river valleys. The Kargil district contains the Suru, Dras and Zanskar river valleys. The main populated regions are the river valleys, but the mountain...

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Zoji La

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the pass connects the Kashmir Valley to its west with the Dras and Suru valleys to its northeast and the Indus valley further east. National Highway...

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Jacobin cuckoo

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Nitin (1987). "Occurrence of Pied Crested Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) in Suru Valley, Ladakh". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 84 (1): 208–209. Liversidge R (1971)...

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Kashmir

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Kishtwar (1821), Suru valley and Kargil (1835), Ladakh (1834–1840), and Baltistan (1840), thereby surrounding the Kashmir Valley. He became a wealthy...

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Dras River

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combined river is alternatively called Suru, Drass and Shingo by various local groups. The Drass River valley is traversed by the National Highway 1D...

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Rangdum Monastery

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sugarloaf hill at an altitude of 4,031 m (13,225 ft) at the head of the Suru Valley, in Ladakh. It is next to the tiny village of Julidok (Zulidok), and...

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Zanskar

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river when frozen. The easiest approach leads from Kargil through the Suru valley and over the Penzi-La. It is along this track that in 1979 the only road...

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History of Azad Kashmir

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Rajouri (1821), Kishtwar (1821), and through his general Zorawar Singh, Suru valley and Kargil (1835), Ladakh (1834–1840), and Baltistan (1840). He became...

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Trespone

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culturally, and architecturally rich village in the Suru Valley, located on the bank of the Suru River, and is around 20 km from Kargil town. It is often...

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Kun Peak

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219 ft (7,077 metres) in the western Himalayan Range, located near the Suru valley, on the road connecting Kargil and Zanskar. It is located about 61 km...

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History of Ladakh

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eight hundred or nine hundred li by perilous paths and over mountains and valleys, takes one to the country of Lāhul. Going further to the north over two...

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Mountain chiffchaff

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Mountain chiffchaff P. s. sindianus from Suru Valley, Ladakh, India Conservation status Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota...

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All Ladakh Gonpa Association

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25 km (16 mi) north of Pensi La (pass to Zanskar valley) and near Zulidok at head of the Suru Valley, It is on Padum-Sankoo-Kargil Road, 103 km northwest...

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Outline of Ladakh

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Sirijap Teram Shehr Plateau Valleys Leh Rupshu Salt Valley Mushkoh Valley Padum Shyok Suru Valley Nubra Zanskar Aryan valley Glaciers Chumik Glacier Drang-Drung...

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Wildlife of Ladakh

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Ladakh. There are also a very few brown bears (drenmo / tret) in the Suru valley and the area around Dras. The red fox is common, and Tibetan sand fox...

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ABCD 2

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