Places To See(LEH LADAKH)
Salt Valley Tour
With
a length of about 20 km and a maximum width of about 7 km, The Salt
Lake Valley is one of the widest open areas in Rupshu. Its average
elevation is 5,000 m and can be approached from Leh across the Tanglang
La pass. Thuggi is the main settlement of the Salt Lake Valley. There
are two lakes in this valley -- .jpg)
the fresh water Panluk Lake with an
area of about 2 square kilometers and the salt-water Tsokar Lake with
an area of about 10 square kilometers. Deposits of impure salt occurring
on the northern shore of the Tsokar Lake are collected by the Changpas
and used as barter to obtain goods from other parts of Ladakh.
Important Places in Ladakh
