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Nimoo
Nimo or Nyemo () is a village and the headquarters of an eponymous Community development block in India, community development block in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Leh tehsil, 35 km from Leh. Nimoo is a stop for all the river rafting groups and is the main starting point for the annually held all-India river rafting expedition on the Indus River. The temperature here varies from 40 °C in summer to −29 °C in winter. Due to such a harsh climate and extreme weather conditions, this area has very little vegetation cover (as seen in the picture on the right). It has a hydroelectric power plant known as the Nimu-Bazgo dam. Magnetic Hill (India), Magnet Hill is a gravity hill, gravity defying road 7.5 km southeast of Nimoo. History On 6 August 2010, the village was impacted by the 2010 Ladakh floods. Tourism Nimo has several monasteries and orchards. Rafting in the Indus River (Grade 1) and rafting in the Zanskar River (Grade 2) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leh District
Leh district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the Kashmir#Dispute, disputed Kashmir-region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:TERTIARY, tertiary sources (a) through (e), reflecting WP:DUE, due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (h) through (i) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (j) below). (a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
