The Indus is one of the great rivers of the world, a supreme (and dangerous) challenge on par with climbing k-2, Nanga Parbat or Pakistan’s other mighty peaks.
The Indus rises in that mysterious region of western Tibet, where from origins with in a few miles of each other, the Brahmaputra flows east to envelope Bhutan and Sikkim before plunging through the Himalayas to the sea, while the Indus flows west in similar fashion in a huge crescent between the western subcontinent in an embrace thousands of miles in length.
Coursing through Tibet and Ladakh, the Indus enters Baltistan to dominate Pakistan. It absorbs tributaries carrying every drop of water that falls in the country. The larger tributaries (Kabul, Jhelum, Sutlej) drain portions of neighboring Afghanistan ad India as well.
40 kilometers from Keris to Skardu.
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