Himalaya

North of Ladakh's Indus valley, the Shyok and Nubra rivers run between the Ladakh Range and the towering Karakoram. Glaciers occupy the high mountains and have left their mark on the valleys below. The peaks rise far above the sparse settlements along the rivers, in a cold region where mountain passes separate one drainage basin from another. The Karakoram forms a great northern boundary to the highlands of Ladakh.