INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ladakh Range is regarded as a southern extension of the Karakoram Range, which runs for 230 miles (370 km) from the confluence of the Indus and Shyok rivers in Baltistan to the Tibetan border of Ladakh in the southeast. The southern extension of the Ladakh Range is called the Kailash Range, especially in Tibet.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is also called the Tibet Himalayan Region because most of the part of these ranges lies in the Tibet. The Karakoram Range is known as the ‘backbone of high Asia’. It is also known as Krishnagiri which is situated in the northern most range of the Trans-Himalayan ranges.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Baltoro Glacier in northeast Pakistan runs through the center of the second tallest mountain range on Earth-the Karakoram. At 8, 611 m (28, 251 ft) K2 is the tallest mountain in the region, and three others within 20 km top 8, 000 m.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spreading over Kashmir and northern Pakistan, the western Himalayan system splits into three distinct ranges, which are, from south to north, the Pir Panjal Range, the Zaskar Range, and the Ladakh Range. Farther north is the Karakoram Range, which is a separate system adjoining the Himalayas.