Major physical division of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
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The Valley of Kashmir, tucked in north-western folds of the Himalayas is a transverse valley, bordered on all sides by steep mountain ranges, characterized by snow covered towering peaks. The neighbouring mountain ranges, reaching to a height of 5,550 m to the north-east, where the Banihal-Pass (Jawa- har-Tunnel) offers an escape from the valley. The sole exit for the rivers is the Baramulla-gorge, where the tranquil Jhelum River leaves the clean green banks and rushes headlong down its stony path to the vast plains of the south. The Kashmir Valley is distinctively basin- formed, and that it has a length of approximately 140 km (84 miles) and a width ranging from 53-55 km (20 to 25 miles) (20 to 25 miles). The lowest point in the valley has an elevation of 1600 m (5,200 feet) while the mean elevation is 184 m (6,000 feet) above the sea level. The river Jhelum, below the town of Anantnag (Islamabad), runs through a plain of low level recent alluvium: the breadth of this plain ranges from two to fifteen miles. It looks level to the eye having in the first 60 km (36 miles) a fall of 51 m (165 feet) but only 17 (55 feet) in the bottom four and a half miles. This alluvium has been created by the river in flood, and its creation may still be locally seen, albeit the activities of natural forces have been considerably hindered by manmade embankments.
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