Astor River (Urdu: دریائے استور), in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region, is a tributary of the Indus River and one of the rivers draining the Deosai Plateau, running through Astore Valley. The river originates on the western slopes of Burzil Pass and flows through the eastern slope of Nanga Parbat of the western Himalaya Range.[1][2]
Astor river joins Gilgit River at coordinates 35°34′13″N 74°38′43″E / 35.57028°N 74.64528°E.[3]
Footnotes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Ahmad, Nafis; O.Lodrick, Deryck (8 October 2024). "Astor River - tributary of Indus River". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ GeoNames. "Astor River". Retrieved 2024-11-09.
Further reading
edit- Tahir, A.Ahmed; Chevallier, Pierre; Arnaud, Yves; Ashraf, Muhammad; Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif (2015). "Snow cover trend and hydrological characteristics of the Astore River basin (Western Himalayas) and its comparison to the Hunza basin (Karakoram region)". Science of the Total Environment. 505: 748–761. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.065. ISSN 0048-9697. PMID 25461078.
34°00′N 74°41′E / 34.000°N 74.683°E
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