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Trans-Himalayan and Karakoram Ranges

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The Himalayan Mountains are bordered on the northwest by the Ladakh, Karakoram, Pamir and the Hindu Kush ranges, while the Tibetan Plateau in the central part controls its overall shape. A 50–60 km wide tectonic valley, the Indus–Tsangpo Suture Zone, separates these geographical units as a garland throughout the Himalayan ranges from extreme west to the east. These mountain ranges of the Trans-Himalayan and Karakoram Mountains are essentially drained by the Indus, Shyok, Nubra Rivers and their tributaries in the west, and Tsangpo-Brahmaputra drainage system in the east.

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Jain, A.K., Banerjee, D.M., Kale, V.S. (2020). Trans-Himalayan and Karakoram Ranges. In: Tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42845-7_7

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