Braldu River
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The Braldu River is a glacial river in Pakistan’s Karakoram range, known for draining major glaciers and feeding into the Shigar and Indus river systems.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| associatedWithActivity | mountaineering access to Karakoram peaks ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Karakoram glaciers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drains |
Baltoro Glacier basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Biafo Glacier basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environment | high-altitude alpine environment ⓘ |
| fedBy |
glacier melt
ⓘ
snowmelt ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally eastward ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Shigar River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsIntoIndirectly | Indus River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Shigar District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cold water temperature
ⓘ
seasonal discharge variation ⓘ steep gradient ⓘ |
| hydrologicalSystem | Indus River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
draining major glaciers of the Karakoram
ⓘ
high glacial silt load ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Balti ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gilgit-Baltistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karakoram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Baltoro Glacier trekking approach route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouth | Shigar River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Askole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shigar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indus River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shigar–Indus hydrological network ⓘ |
| region | Baltistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| risk |
glacial lake outburst floods
ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ |
| source | glacial meltwater ⓘ |
| sourceRegion |
Baltoro Glacier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Biafo Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
local agriculture in Braldu Valley
ⓘ
pastoral communities in Baltistan ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Shigar River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| valley | Braldu Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| watercourseType | glacial river ⓘ |
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