Ladakh topographic maps

Average elevation: 5,171 m

Average elevation: 4,663 m

Padum is at the centre of the tri-armed Zanskar valley. It has an average elevation of 3,669 m (12,037 ft). There are several villages to the north-east of Padum leading to Karsha monastery.

Average elevation: 3,847 m

Average elevation: 4,128 m

Average elevation: 3,465 m

Average elevation: 3,711 m

In the uppermost, highest part of the Indus River basin there are relatively few genera and species: Diptychus, Ptychobarbus, Schizopyge, Schizopygopsis and Schizothorax snowtrout, Triplophysa loaches, and the catfish Glyptosternon reticulatum. Going downstream these are soon joined by the golden mahseer Tor…

Average elevation: 4,192 m

Average elevation: 4,005 m