Dras Valley

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geographical region high-altitude valley valley

Dras Valley is a high-altitude Himalayan valley in the Kargil district of Ladakh, India, known for its extreme cold temperatures and strategic location near the Line of Control.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dras River valley 1
Dras Valley canonical 1
Dras region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
high-altitude valley ⓘ
valley ⓘ
administrativeDivision Kargil district NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Kargil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo Republic of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate long, severe winters ⓘ
short, cool summers ⓘ
subarctic climate ⓘ
connectedTo Kashmir Valley via Zoji La pass ⓘ
country India ⓘ
drainage Dras River NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation high altitude ⓘ
hasFeature riverine valley floor ⓘ
snowbound winters ⓘ
steep mountain slopes ⓘ
hasSettlement Dras NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Dras town NERFINISHED ⓘ
extreme cold temperatures ⓘ
high-altitude climate ⓘ
proximity to the Line of Control ⓘ
strategic military importance ⓘ
languageSpoken Ladakhi ⓘ
Shina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
locatedIn Himalayas ⓘ
Kargil district NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ladakh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Union Territory of Ladakh NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn banks of the Dras River ⓘ
mountainRange Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Kargil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Line of Control NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zoji La NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Kargil district NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ladakh region NERFINISHED ⓘ
region western Ladakh NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType mountain valley ⓘ
religion Islam (majority) ⓘ
strategicLocation Srinagar–Kargil–Leh axis NERFINISHED ⓘ
near India–Pakistan de facto border ⓘ
tourism base for treks to Amarnath region ⓘ
base for treks to Suru Valley ⓘ
gateway to Ladakh from Kashmir ⓘ
trekking destination ⓘ
traversedBy National Highway 1 (NH1) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Srinagar–Leh highway NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kargil district → containsValley → Dras Valley ⓘ
Shinaki → ethnicGroupIn → Dras Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dras region
Srinagar-Leh Highway → riverValleyFollowed → Dras Valley ⓘ
subject surface form: Srinagar–Leh Highway
this entity surface form: Dras River valley