Indus Gorge
The Indus Gorge is formed by the Indus River as it skirts the Nanga Parbat massif, the western anchor of the Greater Himalayas or Himadri in India, and before it debouches into the plains of Punjab. The gorge is 4,500–5,200 m (14,800–17,100 ft) deep near the Nanga Parbat. In the Nanga Parbat region, the massive amounts of erosion due to the Indus River following the capture and rerouting through Ladakh area of India is thought to bring middle and lower crustal rocks to the surface.[1]gilgit is western most tributary of Indus
The Indus Gorge with Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth-highest mountain, rising to the south
References
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