Dras River
The Dras River, also spelt Drass River, is a river in the Kargil district in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It originates below the Zoji La pas in the Great Himalayan range and flows northeast towards Kargil, where it joins the Suru River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in India
- Also known as: “Drās River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kharbu and Hardas.
Kharbu
Village
Kharbu is a village in Drass tehsil in Kargil district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The village is located 26 kilometres from the district and tehsil headquarters Kargil. Kharbu is situated 5 km south of Dras River.
Hardas
Hamlet
Hardas is a village in Kargil district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh, close to the India–Pakistan border. The village is located 10 kilometres north of Kargil, the district headquarters, on the left of the Dras River. Hardas is situated 9 km east of Dras River.
Dras River
- Category: body of water
- Location: India, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Dras River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر دراس”
- Bengali: “দ্রাস নদী”
- Cebuano: “Drās River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر دراس”
- French: “Dras”
- German: “Dras”
- Hindi: “द्रास नदी”
- Irish: “Abhainn Dras”
- Japanese: “ドラス川”
- Malayalam: “ദ്രാസ് നദി”
- Marathi: “द्रास नदी”
- Panjabi: “ਦਰਾਸ ਦਰਿਆ”
- South Azerbaijani: “دراس چایی”
- Urdu: “دراس ندی”
- Welsh: “Afon Dras”
- Western Panjabi: “دراس دریا”
- “Dras”
- “Drās”
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