Country Pakistan & India Area 4,052 km² Province Gilgit-Baltistan | Time zone PST (UTC+5) Population 20,000 (2010) | |
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Chorbat Valley (Urdu: وادی چھوربٹ, Balti: སྦལ་ཏིའི་) is a valley in Khaplu tehsil, Ghanche District, in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan.
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Geography and climate
The valley is surrounded by high rising peaks of the Karakoram mountain range and the bank the Shyok River. The climate is hard with little rain and extremely cold winters due to proximity to Siachen Glacier and other peaks and glaciers.
Surroundings
The mountains and surrounding have generally no forests however there are some shrubs and herbs available which are generally used by the local communities as medicinal herbs, there is also a human made forest in the saling which the largest forest in the whole district.
The Shyok River passing nearby the valley is one of the important resources of the area, irrigating the whole lands. However the same river sometime creates havoc during summer through its unpredictable floods.