Shyok River
The Shyok River is a major tributary of the Indus River that flows through northern Ladakh in India and into Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. Originating from the Rimo Glacier in the eastern Karakoram, it runs for about 550 km before joining the Indus near Skardu.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in India and Pakistan
- Also known as: “River Shayok”, “River Shyok”, “Rivière Shyok”, “Shayok”, “Shayok River”, and “シオック川”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keris and Sermik.
Keris
Town
The Keris Valley also spelled Kiris is a valley in Ghanche District of Baltiyul, Pakistan.
Sermik
Village
Sermik is a village in Skardu District in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northeastern Pakistan. Sermik is situated 6 km south of Shyok River.
Shyok River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.23076° or 35° 13′ 51″ north
Longitude
75.92205° or 75° 55′ 19″ east
Elevation
2,293 metres (7,523 feet)
Open location code
8J7Q6WJC+8R
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Shyok River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شيوك”
- Arabic: “نهر شيوك”
- Armenian: “Շայոկ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Shyok”
- Bengali: “শ্যোক নদী”
- Catalan: “Riu Shyok”
- Cebuano: “Shyok River”
- Chinese: “什約克河”
- Czech: “Šajók”
- Czech: “Šjók”
- Dutch: “Shyok”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر شيوك”
- Esperanto: “Ŝjok”
- Estonian: “Shyok”
- French: “Shyok”
- German: “Shyok”
- Hindi: “श्योक नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Shyok”
- Irish: “Abhainn Shyok”
- Italian: “Shyok”
- Japanese: “ショーク川”
- Japanese: “ショク川”
- Kannada: “ಶ್ಯೋಕ್ ನದಿ”
- Korean: “시요크강”
- Lithuanian: “Šijokas”
- Macedonian: “Шајок”
- Malayalam: “ശ്യോക്”
- Malayalam: “ഷ്യോക് നദി”
- Marathi: “श्योक नदी”
- Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਿਓਕ ਦਰਿਆ”
- Polish: “Shyok”
- Portuguese: “Rio Shyok”
- Romanian: “Râul Shyok”
- Romanian: “Shyok”
- Russian: “Шайок”
- Spanish: “Río Shyok”
- Tamil: “சியோக் ஆறு”
- Ukrainian: “Шайок”
- Urdu: “دریائے شیوک”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Shyok”
- Welsh: “Afon Shyok”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے شیوک”
- Western Panjabi: “شیوک”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Chirathang and Dongah.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hamayun Suspension Bridge and Urau.
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