{"id":303026,"date":"2024-07-01T18:53:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=303026"},"modified":"2024-07-01T18:53:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:23:05","slug":"shyok-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/shyok-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Shyok River"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source-<\/strong> This post on ” Shyok River” has been created based on the article “Five soldiers swept away by Shyok river during military training in Ladakh: Army<\/a>” published in the Hindu on 30th June 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in News<\/h2>\n

Five soldiers of the Indian army have been swept away by the Shyok River during military training in Ladakh.<\/p>\n

Key Facts about the Shyok River<\/h2>\n
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Aspects\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nDetails<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Origin<\/strong><\/td>\nIt originates from the Rimo Glacier<\/span>. The Rimo glacier is one of the tongues of the Siachen Glacier. The river gets its name from a Ladakhi word meaning ‘the river of death<\/span>‘.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Course<\/strong><\/td>\nIt flows through northern Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, India, and enters the Pakistan-administered region of Gilgit-Baltistan. It meanders through the high-altitude desertsand mountain ranges of Ladakh before converging with the Indus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Length<\/strong><\/td>\nThe total length of the river is around 550 km<\/span> (340 mi) and it is regularly fed by meltwater from numerous glaciers on its journey.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tributaries<\/strong><\/td>\nIts main right-bank tributary is the Nubra River.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Source- This post on ” Shyok River” has been created based on the article “Five soldiers swept away by Shyok river during military training in Ladakh: Army” published in the Hindu on 30th June 2024. Why in News Five soldiers of the Indian army have been swept away by the Shyok River during military training… Continue reading Shyok River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10357,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-303026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10357"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}