Rupshu, the Glossary
Rupshu is a high elevation plateau and valley and an eponymous community development block in southeast Ladakh.[1]
Table of Contents
18 relations: Border Roads Organisation, Changpa, Changtang, Chumar, Community development block, Eponym, Frederick Drew, Gya, Ladakh, Hanle Monastery, India–China Border Roads, Karzok, Ladakh, Leh–Manali Highway, Parang River, Sino-Indian border dispute, Tso Kar, Tso Moriri, Upshi.
- Geography of Ladakh
Border Roads Organisation
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India.
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Changpa
The Changpa, or Champa, are a semi-nomadic Tibetan people found mainly in the Changtang in Ladakh, India.
Changtang
The Changtang (alternatively spelled Changthang or Qangtang) is a part of the high altitude Tibetan Plateau in western and northern Tibet extending into the southern edges of Xinjiang as well as southeastern Ladakh, India, with vast highlands and giant lakes.
Chumar
Chumar or Chumur is a village and the centre of nomadic grazing region located in south-eastern Ladakh, India.
In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development.
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Eponym
An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named.
Frederick Drew
Frederick Drew FGS, FRGS (11 August 1836 – 28 October 1891), was an English geologist, who is noted for his geographical study of Kashmir.
Gya, Ladakh
Gya or Gia is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh in India.
Hanle Monastery
Hanle Monastery is a 17th-century gompa of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism located in the Hanle Valley, Leh district, Ladakh, India on an old branch of the ancient Ladakh-Tibet trade route.
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India–China Border Roads
India–China Border Roads (ICBRs, ICB Roads) is a Government of India project for developing infrastructure along the Sino-Indian border by constructing strategic roads, including bridges and tunnels.
See Rupshu and India–China Border Roads
Karzok
Karzok or Korzok is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.
Ladakh
Ladakh is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India and China since 1959.
Leh–Manali Highway
The Leh–Manali Highway is a long highway in northernmost India connecting Leh, the capital of the Union Territory of Ladakh, to Manali in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
See Rupshu and Leh–Manali Highway
Parang River
The Parang River, also called Para River and Pare Chu is an upstream tributary of the Sutlej River, that originates in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and ends in Himachal Pradesh again, but flows through Ladakh and Tibet before doing so.
Sino-Indian border dispute
The Sino–Indian border dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute over the sovereignty of two relatively large, and several smaller, separated pieces of territory between China and India.
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Tso Kar
The Tso Kar or Tsho kar is a fluctuating salt lake known for its size and depth situated in the Rupshu Plateau and valley in the southern part of Ladakh in India. Rupshu and Tso Kar are geography of Ladakh.
Tso Moriri
Tso Moriri or Lake Moriri or "Mountain Lake", is a lake in the Changthang Plateau (literally: northern plains) in Leh district of the union territory of Ladakh in India.
Upshi
Upshi is a village and road junction on the Leh-Manali Highway in the union territory of Ladakh in India. Rupshu and Upshi are geography of Ladakh, India geography stubs and Ladakh stubs.
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See also
Geography of Ladakh
- Aksai Chin
- Chadar trek
- Chang Chenmo Valley
- Daulat Beg Oldi
- Demchok sector
- Districts of Ladakh
- Doda River
- Drang-Drung Glacier
- Dras
- Dras River
- Geography of Ladakh
- Hemis
- Hemis National Park
- Kang Yatze
- Karakash River
- Kargil
- Kargil district
- Kyago Tso
- Ladakh Range
- Leh
- Leh district
- List of districts of Ladakh
- List of locations in Aksai Chin
- Magnetic Hill (India)
- Meenamarg
- More plains
- Nanga Sago
- Nun Kun
- Padum
- Pangong Range
- Pangong Tso
- Parkachik Glacier
- Pensi La
- Rangdum
- Rupshu
- Salt Valley
- Sengge-La
- Stok Kangri
- Suru Valley
- Taglang La
- Tiger Hill (Kargil)
- Tsarap River
- Tso Kar
- Umling La
- Upshi
- Yapola River
- Zoji La