Markha River (India)
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The Markha River is a river in Ladakh
, India
. It is a tributary of the Zanskar River
. The Markha Valley is the most popular trekking route in Ladakh. On top of the valley you can find the Kang Yatze
, a mountain.
Ladakh
Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the Republic of India. It lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is a tributary of the Zanskar River
Zanskar River
The Zanskar River is a north-flowing tributary of the Indus. In its upper reaches, the Zanskar has two main branches. First of these, the Doda, has its source near the Pensi-la mountain-pass and flows south-eastwards along the main Zanskar valley leading towards Padum, the capital of Zanskar...
. The Markha Valley is the most popular trekking route in Ladakh. On top of the valley you can find the Kang Yatze
Kang Yatze
Kang Yatze is a mountain located at the end of the Markha valley in the Himalayas in the Ladakh region of northwest India.The mountain has two main summits, the lower western peak is easier and more frequently climbed, although lower at about 6200m...
, a mountain.