Ladakh, also called the Land of the High Passes, is part of the
Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. It lies in between two world’s
greatest mountain ranges, i.e. the Himalayan Ranges and the Karakorum
Ranges. The people who stay there are migrants of Indo Aryans and
Tibetan civilization. The Ladakh region is very thinly populated. This place is said to be
the young land and only formed a few million years ago. Ladakh has an
altitude of 9000 feet at Kargil and 21,170 feet at Saser Kanri. The
temperature in winter reaches minus 22 degree Celsius and during
summers, can go up to 20 plus. Leh and Ladakh have been said to be the
only places where you can have a sun stroke as well as frostbit at the
same time.
Water in such places is always scarce because the place hardly
receives any rain. Ladakh was once covered by a Lake. The main source of
water here is the melted water from the snow which is carried down by
smaller streams and thus helps in irrigation. The farmers usually pray
that the rains should not destroy their crops and the sun should melt
the snow which should be the real source of irrigation. It is
interesting and shocking to know that the place does not receive any
water from the rain for almost 300 days in one year. There are beautiful mountains all over Ladakh and it’s worth visiting
if you’re into mountain activities. Some of the adventures that
tourists can indulge into are mountain climbing, cycling, Jeep and yak
safari, trekking etc. Also, there are a lot of monateries in Ladakh that
are worth visiting.
