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| Shyok River | |
|---|---|
 The Shyok River between the villages of Agham and Shyok, Ladakh, India | |
 Course of the Shyok River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India, Pakistan |
| Territory | Ladakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan) |
| District | Leh (India), Ghanche (Pakistan) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Central Rimo Glacier[1][2][3] |
| • location | Karakoram, Ladakh, India[1][4] |
| • coordinates | 35°21′10″N 77°37′05″E / 35.352739°N 77.618006°E |
| • elevation | 5,000 m (16,000 ft) |
| Mouth | Indus River[4][5] |
• location | Near Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan[4][5] |
• coordinates | 35°13′43″N 75°55′02″E / 35.228611°N 75.917222°E |
• elevation | 2,314 m (7,592 ft) |
| Length | 550 km (340 mi)[6] |
| Basin size | 33,465 km2 (12,921 sq mi)[7] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Yugo gauging station, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan[8] |
| • average | 1041 m3/sec[8] |
| • minimum | 859 m3/sec[8] |
| • maximum | 1199 m3/sec[8] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Indus Basin[4][5] |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Chip Chap River, Galwan River, Chang Chenmo River[5][1] |
| • right | Nubra River, Hushe River[1][4][9] |
The Shyok River (sometimes spelled Shayok) is a major tributary of the Indus River that flows through northern Ladakh in India and into Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan.[4][5] Originating from the Central Rimo Glacier in the eastern Karakoram, it runs for about 550 km (340 mi) before joining the Indus near Skardu.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Its major tributaries include the Chip Chap, Galwan, Chang Chenmo, Nubra, and Hushe Rivers.[5][1][4][6][9]
- ^ a b c d e f Kaul, Hriday Nath (1998). Rediscovery of Ladakh. Indus Publishing Company. pp. 30–31. ISBN 9788173870866.
- ^ a b India and Adjacent Countries: Sheet 52 – Leh (Map) (Published 1923 ed.). 1:1,000,000. Survey of India. 1916. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ a b Chulung (Map). 1:250,000. India and Pakistan 1:250,000. Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. 1955. Sheet NI 43-4. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Cunningham, Alexander (1854). Ladák: Physical, Statistical, and Historical; with Notices of the Surrounding Countries. London: W.H. Allen and Co. pp. 94–96.
- ^ a b c d e f g Negi, Sharad Singh (1991). Himalayan Rivers, Lakes, and Glaciers. Indus Publishing Company. pp. 124–125. ISBN 9788185182612.
- ^ a b c "Shyok River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ Farooq, Muhammad Umar; Kharal, Muhammad Ashiq; Bogacki, Wolfgang; Ismail, Muhammad Fraz; Mehmood, Asif (2023). "Estimation of component-wise runoff contribution using temperature index approach, in a snow- and glacier-fed transboundary Shyok River catchment of the Upper Indus Basin". Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 16 (8): 460. Bibcode:2023ArJG...16..460F. doi:10.1007/s12517-023-11583-y.
Shyok River is a transboundary stream that has a catchment area of 33,465 km2 over three countries; Pakistan 28%, India 54%, and China 18%.
- ^ a b c d Tarar, Zeeshan Riaz; Ahmad, Sajid Rashid; Ahmad, Iftikhar; Majid, Zahra (2018). "Detection of Sediment Trends Using Wavelet Transforms in the Upper Indus River". Water. 10 (7): 918. Bibcode:2018Water..10..918T. doi:10.3390/w10070918.
- ^ a b Mundik (Map). 1:250,000. India and Pakistan 1:250,000. Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. 1955. Sheet NI 43-3. Retrieved 7 June 2025.