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Gilgit-Baltistan area

Gilgit-Baltistan area

The Gilgit-Baltistan area is located in Pakistan. It consists of natural landscapes, rivers, and valleys.

Jaglot Deyamir Gilgit Baltistan
Jaglot Deyamir Gilgit Baltistan

 Tourists from all over the world especially from Pakistan have a great attraction to this region because of its beautiful valleys, plains, and peaks.

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Gilgit Baltistan area 

The location of some of the highest mountains on Earth also includes the K2. Three other mountain ranges meet each other first one is the Karakoram, the second Himalayas and the third one is the Hindu Kush the area is a "mountain paradise" for mountaineer climbers, trekkers, and tourists. The region has some of the world's highest mountains, including five peaks over 8,000 meters and the largest glaciers outside the polar region. 

The Gilgit-Baltistan spans some 550 km. It is a tributary of the Indus River and originates from the Rimo Glacier, one of the Shyok rivers that flows through northern Ladakh in India and the Ghangchay district of Gilgit-Baltistan of Pak tongues of Siachen Glacier. The widens at the confluence with the Nubra River. it enters Pakistan near the town of Frano some 40 km ahead of Khaplu and joins with the Indus River near the Hamayoun bridge. 

Shyok river of Gilgit-Baltistan
Shyok river of Gilgit-Baltistan

The Gilgit river is a tributary of the Indus river and it joins Indus near the town of Juglot where three mighty mountain ranges of Himalaya, Karakoram, and Hindukush meet. It flows past the town of Gilgit. The Gilgit river starts from Shandur Lake and Khokush lake. It is also referred to as the Ghizer river.

Hunza river

Hunza river is the principal river of Hunza in Gilgit-Baltistan. It is formed by the confluence of the Chapursan and Khunjerab rivers which are fed by glaciers. It is joined by the Gilgit river and the Naltar river before it flows into the Indus river. The river cuts through the Karakoram range, flowing from north to south. The Attabad landslide disaster in January 2010 completely blocked the Hunza river. A new lake now called the Attabad lake was formed which extends 30 kilometers and rose to a depth of 400 feet.

Attabad lake Gilgit Baltistan
Attabad lake Gilgit Baltistan

Astor River

Astor River is a tributary of the Indus River and one of the rivers draining the Deosai Plateau. Astor River joins the Gilgit River near the town of Thalichi.

Deosai range

Deosai range stands between the valley of Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. It lies to the southeast of the Indus River gorge. There is a vast plain covering an area of 1502 square kilometres, bearing the same name Deosai. The whole area is uninhabited surrounded by rocky Mountains with an elevation of 4114 meters. The road leading to Skardu from Gurez passes through the Deosai plains. Burzil Pass, situated in this area connects the valley of Kashmir with Gilgit-Baltistan.
 
Deosai range
Deosai range