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{{short description|Valley in Ladakh, India}}
{{Short description|Valley in Ladakh, India}}
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'''Rupshu''' is a high altitude plateau and valley and an [[eponymous]] [[Community development block in India|community development block]] in southeast [[Ladakh]].
'''Rupshu''' is a high elevation plateau valley and an [[eponymous]] [[Community development block in India|community development block]] in southeast [[Ladakh]], India. It is between the [[Startsapuk Tso]]<!--NOTE: retain the red link to encourage article creation.--> and [[Tso Moriri]], and west of [[Mahe, Ladakh|Mahe]].<!--NOTE: retain the red link to encourage article creation.-->


==Description==
The [[Salt Valley]] and the Puga Valley to its north are also part of the bigger Rupshu area.<ref name=puga1>[https://www.bikamp.com/puga-valley Home Puga Valley: The Geothermal Wonder of Ladakh With 6 Tips For Travelling], accessed 5 Feb 2025.</ref> The [[Chumar]] area [[Sino-Indian border dispute|disputed by India-China]] in south-eastern Ladakh lies in Rupshu block, south of the [[Tso Moriri]] lake, on the bank of the [[Parang River]] (or ''Pare Chu''), close to Ladakh's border with Tibet.<ref>
[[File:Karzok.jpg|thumb|right|275px|[[Karzok]] village on the bank of Tso Moriri]]
[http://ceojammukashmir.nic.in/pdf/panchayat%20election%202017/Know_ur_PanchBLO/Leh.pdf Panchayat Data], Government of Jammu and Kashmir, 2017. Accessed on 12 October 2020.
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==Geography==
{{see also | Geography of Ladakh }}
[[File:Karzok.jpg|thumb|right|275px|[[Karzok]] village on the bank of Tso Moriri.]]
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[[Frederic Drew]] describes the Rupshu valley as follows:
[[Frederic Drew]] describes the Rupshu valley as follows:
{{quote|From the side of Leh it is approached by leaving the Indus at [[Upshi]] ({{coord|33.8302|77.8145}}) and following up the narrow ravine which there joins in from the south.... After 13 or 14 miles we come to [[Gia, Leh|Gya]] ({{coord|33.6498|77.7398}}), the last village in this direction, a place elevated 13,500 feet above the sea... we have to cross the Toglung Pass ({{coord|33.5886|77.7493}}), of 17,500 feet elevation, which we approach by continuing up the same valley for some 14 miles more...
{{blockquote|From the side of Leh it is approached by leaving the Indus at [[Upshi]] ({{coord|33.8302|77.8145|name=Upshi}}) and following up the narrow ravine which there joins in from the south.... After 13 or 14 miles we come to [[Gia, Leh|Gya]] ({{coord|33.6498|77.7398|name=Gya}}), the last village in this direction, a place elevated 13,500 feet above the sea... we have to cross the Toglung Pass ({{coord|33.5886|77.7493|name=Toglung Pass}}), of 17,500 feet elevation, which we approach by continuing up the same valley for some 14 miles more...


From the summit we obtain a view which gives us some insight into Rupshu. There is a pretty steep slope beneath us of near 1500 feet, and then a flat valley extending long to the south-east and widening, thus showing us far off, 18 miles distant, the blue waters of one of the lakes which we shall visit—the [[Tso Kar|[Tso Kar] Salt Lake]] ({{coord|33.31|78.00}}). The flat bottom of the valley is bounded by smooth naked hills. It is such valleys as this, varying from a mile to (rarely) six miles in width, and enclosed by mountains rising sometimes 2000 feet and sometimes as much as 5000 feet above them, that make what are called the uplands, or sometimes the table-lands, of Rupshu.{{sfnp|Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories|1875|pp=285–286}}}}
From the summit we obtain a view which gives us some insight into Rupshu. There is a pretty steep slope beneath us of near 1500 feet, and then a flat valley extending long to the south-east and widening, thus showing us far off, 18 miles distant, the blue waters of one of the lakes which we shall visit—the [[Tso Kar|[Tso Kar] Salt Lake]] ({{coord|33.31|78.00|name=Tso Kar}}). The flat bottom of the valley is bounded by smooth naked hills. It is such valleys as this, varying from a mile to (rarely) six miles in width, and enclosed by mountains rising sometimes 2000 feet and sometimes as much as 5000 feet above them, that make what are called the uplands, or sometimes the table-lands, of Rupshu.{{sfnp|Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories|1875|pp=285–286}}}}


Drew states that the valleys of Rupshu continue beyond the Tso Kar lake until the [[Tso Moriri]] lake ({{coord|32.9117|78.3101}}),{{sfnp|Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories|1875|p=301}} and also extend to the east to cover the valley of [[Hanle Monastery|Hanle]] ({{coord|32.7715|78.9832}}).{{sfnp|Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories|1875|p=310}}
Drew states that the valleys of Rupshu continue beyond the Tso Kar lake until the [[Tso Moriri]] lake ({{coord|32.9117|78.3101|name=Tso Moriri}}),{{sfnp|Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories|1875|p=301}} and also extend to the east to cover the valley of [[Hanle Monastery|Hanle]] ({{coord|32.7715|78.9832|name=Hanle}}).{{sfnp|Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories|1875|p=310}}


At its narrowest definition, the Rupshu valley ranges from 20&nbsp;km northwest of [[Tsomoriri|Tso Moriri]] to 50&nbsp;km northwest. The altitude of that valley is between {{convert|4500|m|ft}} and {{convert|5500|m|ft}}. It is inhabited by the [[Changpa]] nomads and contains the [[Tso Kar]] salt lake.
At its narrowest definition, the Rupshu valley ranges from 20&nbsp;km northwest of [[Tsomoriri|Tso Moriri]] to 50&nbsp;km northwest. The elevation of that valley is between {{convert|4500|m|ft}} and {{convert|5500|m|ft}}. It is inhabited by the [[Changpa]] nomads and contains the [[Tso Kar]] salt lake.


More widely, the term "Rupshu" is used for a wider area, ranging from the [[Manali-Leh Highway]] region to the west to east of Tso Moriri, incorporating some of the Ladakhi portion of the [[Changthang]] Plateau area in which Tso Moriri is found.
More widely, the term "Rupshu" is used for a wider area, ranging from the [[Manali-Leh Highway]] region to the west to east of Tso Moriri, incorporating some of the Ladakhi portion of the [[Changthang]] Plateau area in which Tso Moriri is found.


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{{anchor| Rong | Rong Valley}}North of Rupshu area is the [[Indus River]] Valley. The subsection of the Indus River Valley from Mahe to [[Upshi]] is called the '''Rong Valley''' (not to be confused with the [[Kargil district#Wakha Rong Valley|Wakha Rong River Valley]] in Kargil district). The Rong Valley section is a deep gorge, and the word 'rong' means 'the gorge' in Ladakhi language. The group of four villages within the Rong Valley with the tourist homestays has the highest concentration of the [[snow leopard]], Liktsey (70&nbsp;km SE of Leh) famous for carpet weaving, Tukla (72&nbsp;km SE of Leh) famous for monastery and Asiatic ibexibex, Hemya (80&nbsp;km SE of Leh and 10&nbsp;km from Liktsey) famous for basket-making, and Kesar (135&nbsp;km SE of Leh).<ref name=rong1>[https://snowleopardindia.org/rong-trekking.php Rong Valley Treking], accessed 5 Feb 2025.</ref>
 
Rupshu è un altopiano e una valle d'alta quota e un isolato di sviluppo comunitario omonimo nel sud-est del Ladakh.
 
Villaggio di Karzok sulla riva del Tso Moriri
 
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Frederic Drew descrive la valle di Rupshu come segue:
 
Dal lato di Leh ci si avvicina lasciando l'Indo a
 
Upshi (33.8302°N 77.8145°E)  
 
e seguendo lo stretto burrone che vi si unisce da sud... Dopo 13 o 14 miglia arriviamo a  
 
Gya (33,6498 °N 77.7398°E)
 
l'ultimo villaggio in questa direzione, un luogo elevato a 13.500 piedi sul livello del mare... dobbiamo attraversare il
 
Toglung Pass (33.5886°N 77.7493°E)
 
di 17.500 piedi di altitudine, al quale ci avviciniamo per proseguendo lungo la stessa valle per circa 14 miglia in più... Dalla vetta otteniamo una vista che ci dà un'idea di Rupshu. Sotto di noi c'è un pendio piuttosto ripido di circa 1500 piedi, e poi una valle piatta che si estende in lungo e in largo a sud-est e si allarga, mostrandoci così in lontananza, a 18 miglia di distanza, le acque azzurre di uno dei laghi che visiteremo
 
il Lago Salato [Tso Kar] (33,31°N 78,00°E)
 
Il fondovalle pianeggiante è delimitato da dolci colline nude. Sono valli come questa, che variano da un miglio a (raramente) sei miglia di larghezza, e racchiuse da montagne che si ergono a volte 2000 piedi e talvolta fino a 5000 piedi sopra di esse, che fanno quelli che sono chiamati gli altipiani, o talvolta la tavola -terre, di Rupshu.[1]
 
Drew afferma che le valli di Rupshu continuano oltre il lago Tso Kar fino al
 
lago Tso Moriri 32,9117°N 78,3101°E,[2]  
 
e si estendono anche a est per coprire la
 
Valle di Hanle (32,7715°N 78,9832°E) .[3]  
 
Nella sua definizione più ristretta, la valle di Rupshu va da 20&nbsp;km a nord-ovest di Tso Moriri a 50&nbsp;km a nord-ovest. L'altitudine di quella valle è compresa tra 4.500 metri (14.800 piedi) e 5.500 metri (18.000 piedi). È abitato dai nomadi Changpa e contiene il lago salato Tso Kar.
 
Più ampiamente, il termine "Rupshu" è usato per un'area più ampia, che va dalla regione dell'autostrada Manali-Leh a ovest a est di Tso Moriri, che comprende parte della porzione Ladakhi dell'area dell'altopiano di Changthang in cui si trova Tso Moriri.
 
Riferimenti[modifica]
 
^ Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories (1875), pp.&nbsp;285–286.^ Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories (1875), p.&nbsp;301.^ Drew, I territori del Jummoo e del Kashmir (1875), p.&nbsp;310.  
 
SourcesDrew, Frederic (1875), The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories: A Geographical Account, E. Stanford – via archive.orgLink esterni[modifica]Un articolo di viaggio sulla regione di Rupshu di Rangan Datta pubblicato su The Statesman, 16 giugno 2004.
 
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01 ) Upshi ( 33.830201,77.814501 )
==Transport==


<nowiki>https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=en&pagename=Upshi&params=33.830201_N_77.814501_E_scale:5000type:OK</nowiki>
Rupshu is reachable by road from Mahe and Karzok.


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[[Hanle (village)#HKTR|Hanle-Kaza-Tabo Road]] (HKT Road), being constructed by the [[Border Roads Organisation|BRO]] under [[Indo-China Border Roads]] (ICBR) scheme, will provide additional access to mainland India.


02 ) Gya ( 33.649801, 77.739801 )
==See also==


<nowiki>https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=en&pagename=Gya&params=33.649801_N_77.739801_E_scale:5000type:Gya</nowiki>
* [[Geography of Ladakh]]
 
** [[Karzok]]
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* [[Tourism in Ladakh]]
 
03 ) Toglung Pass ( 33.588601,77.749301 )
 
<nowiki>https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=en&pagename=Toglung_Pass&params=33.749301_N_77.739801_E_scale:5000type</nowiki>:
 
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04 ) Lago Salato ( 33.310001,78.00001 )
 
<nowiki>https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=en&pagename=Lago_Salato&params=33.310001_N_78.00001_E_scale:5000type</nowiki>:
 
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05 ) lago Tso Moriri ( 32.911701,78.310101 )
 
<nowiki>https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=en&pagename=lago_Tso_Moriri&params=32.911701_N_78.310101_E_scale:5000type</nowiki>:
 
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06 ) Valle di Hanle ( 32.771501,78.983201 )
 
<nowiki>https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=en&pagename=Valle_di_Hanle&params=32.771501_N_78.983201_E_scale:5000type</nowiki>:
 
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Percorso Stradale
 
01 )
 
<nowiki>https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=33.830%2C77.814%3B33.644%2C77.743#map=10/33.7370/77.7748</nowiki>
 
02 )
 
<nowiki>https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=33.644%2C77.743%3B33.585%2C77.748#map=12/33.6146/77.7545</nowiki>
 
03 )
 
<nowiki>https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=33.585%2C77.748%3B33.352%2C78.247#map=9/33.6027/78.0027</nowiki>
 
04 )
 
<nowiki>https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=33.352%2C78.247%3B32.757%2C78.964#map=8/33.303/78.672</nowiki>
 
05 )
 
<nowiki>https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=33.830%2C77.814%3B32.757%2C78.964#map=8/33.294/78.415</nowiki>
 
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Percorso Stradale
 
Da Upshi a Khuldo passando per NH3
 
10 h 9 min (355&nbsp;km)
 
<nowiki>https://maps.app.goo.gl/jMDDErNkiJ4ZBFik9</nowiki>
 
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== References ==
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==Bibliography==
 
* {{citation |last=Drew |first=Frederic |title=The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories: A Geographical Account |url=https://archive.org/details/jummooandkashmi00drewgoog/page/n5 |year=1875 |publisher=E. Stanford |via=archive.org |ref={{sfnref|Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories|1875}}}}
* {{citation |last=Drew |first=Frederic |title=The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories: A Geographical Account |url=https://archive.org/details/jummooandkashmi00drewgoog/page/n5 |year=1875 |publisher=E. Stanford |via=archive.org |ref={{sfnref|Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories|1875}}}}


Latest revision as of 11:26, 28 August 2025


Rupshu is a high elevation plateau valley and an eponymous community development block in southeast Ladakh, India. It is between the Startsapuk Tso and Tso Moriri, and west of Mahe.

The Salt Valley and the Puga Valley to its north are also part of the bigger Rupshu area.[1] The Chumar area disputed by India-China in south-eastern Ladakh lies in Rupshu block, south of the Tso Moriri lake, on the bank of the Parang River (or Pare Chu), close to Ladakh's border with Tibet.[2]

Geography[edit | edit source]

See also: Geography of Ladakh
Karzok village on the bank of Tso Moriri.
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Frederic Drew describes the Rupshu valley as follows:

From the side of Leh it is approached by leaving the Indus at Upshi (33°49′49″N 77°48′52″E / 33.8302°N 77.8145°E / 33.8302; 77.8145 (Upshi)) and following up the narrow ravine which there joins in from the south.... After 13 or 14 miles we come to Gya (33°38′59″N 77°44′23″E / 33.6498°N 77.7398°E / 33.6498; 77.7398 (Gya)), the last village in this direction, a place elevated 13,500 feet above the sea... we have to cross the Toglung Pass (33°35′19″N 77°44′57″E / 33.5886°N 77.7493°E / 33.5886; 77.7493 (Toglung Pass)), of 17,500 feet elevation, which we approach by continuing up the same valley for some 14 miles more... From the summit we obtain a view which gives us some insight into Rupshu. There is a pretty steep slope beneath us of near 1500 feet, and then a flat valley extending long to the south-east and widening, thus showing us far off, 18 miles distant, the blue waters of one of the lakes which we shall visit—the [Tso Kar] Salt Lake (33°19′N 78°00′E / 33.31°N 78.00°E / 33.31; 78.00 (Tso Kar)). The flat bottom of the valley is bounded by smooth naked hills. It is such valleys as this, varying from a mile to (rarely) six miles in width, and enclosed by mountains rising sometimes 2000 feet and sometimes as much as 5000 feet above them, that make what are called the uplands, or sometimes the table-lands, of Rupshu.[3]

Drew states that the valleys of Rupshu continue beyond the Tso Kar lake until the Tso Moriri lake (32°54′42″N 78°18′36″E / 32.9117°N 78.3101°E / 32.9117; 78.3101 (Tso Moriri)),[4] and also extend to the east to cover the valley of Hanle (32°46′17″N 78°59′00″E / 32.7715°N 78.9832°E / 32.7715; 78.9832 (Hanle)).[5]

At its narrowest definition, the Rupshu valley ranges from 20 km northwest of Tso Moriri to 50 km northwest. The elevation of that valley is between 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) and 5,500 metres (18,000 ft). It is inhabited by the Changpa nomads and contains the Tso Kar salt lake.

More widely, the term "Rupshu" is used for a wider area, ranging from the Manali-Leh Highway region to the west to east of Tso Moriri, incorporating some of the Ladakhi portion of the Changthang Plateau area in which Tso Moriri is found.

North of Rupshu area is the Indus River Valley. The subsection of the Indus River Valley from Mahe to Upshi is called the Rong Valley (not to be confused with the Wakha Rong River Valley in Kargil district). The Rong Valley section is a deep gorge, and the word 'rong' means 'the gorge' in Ladakhi language. The group of four villages within the Rong Valley with the tourist homestays has the highest concentration of the snow leopard, Liktsey (70 km SE of Leh) famous for carpet weaving, Tukla (72 km SE of Leh) famous for monastery and Asiatic ibexibex, Hemya (80 km SE of Leh and 10 km from Liktsey) famous for basket-making, and Kesar (135 km SE of Leh).[6]

Transport[edit | edit source]

Rupshu is reachable by road from Mahe and Karzok.

Hanle-Kaza-Tabo Road (HKT Road), being constructed by the BRO under Indo-China Border Roads (ICBR) scheme, will provide additional access to mainland India.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Home Puga Valley: The Geothermal Wonder of Ladakh With 6 Tips For Travelling, accessed 5 Feb 2025.
  2. ↑ Panchayat Data, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, 2017. Accessed on 12 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories (1875), pp. 285–286.
  4. ↑ Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories (1875), p. 301.
  5. ↑ Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories (1875), p. 310.
  6. ↑ Rong Valley Treking, accessed 5 Feb 2025.

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Drew, Frederic (1875), The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories: A Geographical Account, E. Stanford – via archive.org

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