Physical and geographical features of Jammu and Kashmir
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The State is divided into three geographic regions viz. Ladakh, Kashmir Valley and Jammu. The higher regions are covered by Pir Panjal, Karakoram and inner Himalayan ranges of mountains. The important river systems of the State are the Chenab, the Tawi and the Jhelum.
(b) Kashmir region: 50.97 %
The Kashmir region has a total area of about 86,772 square miles (224,739 sq km) and much of it is undeveloped and dominated by large mountain ranges such as the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges. The Vale of Kashmir is located between mountain ranges and there are also several large rivers in the region.
The narrow zone of plains landscape in the Jammu region is characterized by interlocking sandy alluvial fans that have been deposited by streams discharging from the foothills and by a much-dissected pediment (eroded bedrock surface) covered by loams and loess (wind-deposited silt) of Pleistocene age (about 11,700 to ...
Jammu and Kashmir is distinguished into three physiographic divisions namely Ladakh, Jammu, and the Kashmir Valley.
- Ladakh is supervised as an Indian union territory and is part of Kashmir's larger region. ...
- The winter capital of J&K is Jammu, and is also the biggest town in Jammu district