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Kashmir
Lake and Mountains
Coming down from
Khardungla to Leh, the highest motorable road in the world 18,380ft.
Would
not exceed 200 feet in thickness, and would not be capable of
excavating hard rocks beneath. So the numerous tarns and lakes
may be own regarded as due chiefly to the formation of embankments
across line of drainage. Sometimes the deposit of avalanche
debris may have caused such embankments from a slide slope or
by the advance of a side glacier with its lateral moraines.
The lakes and lakelets found in upper valleys around Haramukh
mountain are Gangabal, Lool Gool and Sarbal. They are at an
elevation of nearly12, 000 feet above sea level. The shimmering
waters lend glory to the Gangabal Lake, which stands at an elevation
of 11,800 feet. To the South cast of the Pir Panchal range lies
the lake Konsar Nag (12,800 feet) surrounded by three peaks.
Its is fed by glaciers. It is said to be a source of the Jhelum.
In the spring and summer, the water is some 40-ft higher than
in winter. In the spring, its surface is said to be covered
with icebergs, which are driven about by the wind.
An
aerial view of Himalayas en route Ladakh.
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