Sind Valley: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Region in the Jammu and Kashmir, India}}

The Sind Valley is situated within the jurisdiction of [[Kangan, Jammu and Kashmir|Kangan tehsil]], of [[Ganderbal district]]. It is bordered by the [[Kashmir Valley]] in the west, [[Zojila]] in the east, [[Neelum River|Kishanganga]] in the north and the [[Lidder Valley]] in the south.<ref name="The Indian Encyclopaedia">{{cite book | author=Subodh Kapoor | title=The Indian Encyclopaedia: Gautami Ganga -Himmat Bahadur | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nt4nbyp1VIhsC&dq=sind+valley+a+himalayan+valley |access-date=18 June 2012 | year=2002 | publisher=Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd, 2002 | isbn=9788177552669 | page=2872–}}</ref> It has a length of {{convert|65|km}} and reaches a maximum length of {{convert|9|km}} at village Preng towards the north through a stream Wangath Nala which flows down from [[Gangabal Lake]]. At some places the width is less than {{convert|500|m}} which gives only space to [[NH 1D]], a National Highway which connects [[Ladakh]] and the [[Kashmir Valley]]. It is formed by the flow of the [[Nallah Sindh|Sind River]] which flows down from east to west. The River originates from the inner Himalayas at [[Dras|Drass]] in [[Machoi Glacier]]<ref name="Source of Sind Nallah">{{cite book | author=Lulu | title=Explore Kashmiri Pandits | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsoC6GWr47QC&pg=PA37&dq=Sind+river+has+its+source+in+inner+himalayas&cd=7 | access-date=2 July 2012 | publisher=Lulu.com | isbn=9780963479860 | page=37–}}</ref><ref name="Source of Sind River">{{cite book | author=Kalhana | title=Kalhana's Rajatarangini: A Chronicle of the Kings of Kasmi | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4rcwLQDFh-EC&pg=RA1-PA12&dq=source+of+Sind+river&cd=2 | access-date=2 July 2012 |year=2001 | publisher=Elibron.com, 2001 | isbn=9781402173486 | page=12–}}</ref> and runs through green forests of pine and fir and [[alpine meadow]]s of [[Sonamarg]]. The Sind Valley contributes heavily to the economy of the State, through generation of hydroelectricity, provides fresh water supply to other districts and irrigation for agriculture. The [[Nallah Sindh|Sind River]] flows through the entire valley passing several natural landmarks, tourist spots including [[Baltal, Jammu and Kashmir|Baltal]], [[Sonamarg|The meadow of gold]], Gagangear, [[Naranag]] and [[Wayil]].<ref name="Chris Ackerley, Lawrence Jon Clipper">{{cite book | authors=Chris Ackerley, Lawrence Jon Clipper | title=A Companion to Under the Volcano | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6R0CSdZCH0C&dq=sind+valley | access-date=18 June 2012 | year=1984 | publisher=UBC Press, 1984 | isbn=9780774801997 | pages=129, 130–}}</ref> The main towns in the valley are Gund, Mammer, [[Kangan, Jammu and Kashmir|Kangan]], Wangath, Preng, Wussan and Manigam.

* [[Henry Walter Bellew|H. W. Bellew]], ''[https://archive.org/details/kashmirkashgharn00bellrich/page/n3/mode/2up Kashmir and Kashghar, A Narrative of the Journey of the Embassy to Kashghar in 1873-74]'', Trübner & Co, 1875 p.86-99