Nubra
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Overview
The Nubra drains the Siachen glacier and joins the Shyok in Ladakh, so its water ends up in the Indus.
The Nubra valley is a high-altitude cold desert known for sand dunes at Hunder and the double-humped Bactrian camel.
It is reached from Leh over Khardung La, and Diskit monastery is the main religious centre.
The valley lay on the old caravan route to the Karakoram Pass and Central Asia.
The river joins the Shyok in the Nubra valley.
The valley has sea buckthorn shrubs.
Turtuk village near the LoC is in the valley.
The Siachen base camp is up the valley.
Geography and key facts
- Drains the Siachen glacier
- Joins the Shyok, Ladakh
- Hunder dunes; Bactrian camels
- Reached via Khardung La
- Diskit monastery
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked in glacier–river pairs (2019).
Note for UPSC
Drains the Siachen glacier and joins the Shyok in Ladakh.
Prelims asks about tributaries, the states a river flows through, its basin and the projects on it, so trace the course on the map.
Asked in PYQs
- UPSC Prelims 2019 · Q38Consider the following pairs : Glacier River Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?…
Questions from our Prelims bank whose text names Nubra.
Key facts
- Type
- River
- State / UT
- Ladakh
- River system
- Himalayan
- Basin
- Indus
- Extent on map
- 34.6°–35.2°N, 77.2°–77.6°E
- Asked in Prelims
- 1 question · 2019
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
- Physical Features and Drainage of India (map lesson)
- Drainage Systems of India: Himalayan and Peninsular Rivers (map lesson)
- The Harappan (Indus Valley) Civilisation (map lesson)
- Harappan Civilisation: Sites, Town Planning and Phases (map lesson)
- Mahajanapadas and the Rise of Magadha (map lesson)