Galwan River
The Galwan River flows from the disputed Aksai Chin area administered by China to the Union Territory of Ladakh, India. It originates near the caravan camping ground of Samzungling on the eastern side of the Karakoram range and flows west to join the Shyok River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in India
- Also known as: “Galwān River”
Galwan River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Galwan River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر غالوان”
- Bengali: “গালওয়ান নদী”
- Catalan: “Galwan”
- Cebuano: “Jialewan He”
- Chinese: “加勒万河”
- German: “Galwan River”
- German: “Galwan”
- Hebrew: “גאלוואן”
- Hindi: “गलवान नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Galwan”
- Irish: “Abhainn Galwan”
- Japanese: “ガルワン川”
- Japanese: “ギャロワン川”
- Kannada: “ಗಾಲ್ವಾನ್ ನದಿ”
- Malayalam: “ഗാൽവാൻ നദി”
- Marathi: “गलवान नदी”
- Panjabi: “ਗਲਵਾਨ ਨਦੀ”
- Russian: “Цзялэвэньхэ”
- Santali: “ᱜᱟᱞᱣᱟᱱ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ”
- Spanish: “Río Galwan”
- Tamil: “கல்வான் ஆறு”
- Tamil: “கல்வான் நதி”
- Urdu: “دریائے گلوان”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Galwan”
- Welsh: “Afon Galwan”
- Western Panjabi: “گلوان دریا”
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