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.
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. It is located beside the Shyok River lying 39.3 km from Skardu in the east.
Sermik
Village
Sermik is a village in Skardu District in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northeastern Pakistan. It is approximately 45 km from Skardu. Sermik is located approximately in the center of District Kharmang, District Ghangche and District Skardu. Sermik is situated 6 km south of Shyok River.
Shyok River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in India and Pakistan
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia
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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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Satellite Map
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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: “Shyok”
- Czech: “Šjók”
- Dutch: “Shyok”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر شيوك”
- Esperanto: “Ŝjok”
- Estonian: “Shyok”
- French: “Rivière Shyok”
- French: “Shyok”
- German: “Shyok”
- Hindi: “श्योक नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Shyok”
- Irish: “Abhainn Shyok”
- Italian: “Shyok”
- Japanese: “シオック川”
- 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: “Rio Shyok”
- Spanish: “Río Shyok”
- Tamil: “சியோக் ஆறு”
- Ukrainian: “Шайок”
- Urdu: “دریائے شیوک”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Shyok”
- Welsh: “Afon Shyok”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے شیوک”
- Western Panjabi: “شیوک”
- “River Shayok”
- “River Shyok”
- “Shayok”
- “Shayok River”
- “Shyok”
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