Astore River

Astor River (Urdu: دریائے استور‎), in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan administrative region, is a tributary of the Indus River and one of the rivers draining the Deosai Plateau, running through Astore Valley. The river originates from western slopes of Burzil Pass.[1]

Astore river is tributary to Indus River, joining Gilgit River

Astor river joins Gilgit River at coordinates 34°00′N 74°41′E.[2]

Astore river

Footnotes
  1. Sultana, K.; Muqarrab Shah; T.M.Upson (2007). "Altitudinal Distribution of Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of Deosai Plateau: Pakistan". The Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 6 (11): 2518. ISSN 1579-4377. Archived from the original on 2009-12-18. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  2. GeoNames. "Astor River". Retrieved 2009-08-11.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.