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Dras (other)
Dras is a hill station in Kargil, Ladakh, Kashmir, India Dras may also refer to: * Dras River, Dras Valley, Kargil, Ladakh, Kashmir, India * Dras, Dras-Leona, Alagaësia; a fictional location in '' The Inheritance Cycle'' * Dras volcanic basalts, rocks found in the Indus-Yarlung suture zone The Indus-Yarlung suture zone or the Indus-Yarlung Tsangpo suture is a tectonic Suture (geology), suture in southern Tibet and across the north margin of the Himalayas which resulted from the collision between the Indian plate and the Eurasian p ... See also * * DRA (other) * Drass (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dras
Dras (also spelt Drass, ISO transliteration: '), also known locally in Shina as Himababs, Hembabs, or Humas, is a town and hill station, near Kargil city in the Kargil district of the union territory of Ladakh in India. It is on the National Highway 1 (India), NH 1 (former name National Highway 1D (India, old numbering), NH 1D before List of National Highways in India by highway number, renumbering of all national highways) between Zoji La pass and Kargil city. A tourist hub for its high altitude trekking routes and tourist sites, it is often called "The Gateway to Ladakh". The government's official spelling of the town is Drass. Etymology Traditionally, Dras is known as ''Hem-babs'', which means "snow land" with the word "Hem" meaning snow. The average temperature of Dras in winter is -20 degrees Celsius. Geography Dras is often called "The Gateway to Ladakh". It is at a height of Dras lies in the centre of the valley of the same name (Dras valley). Dras is 140 k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. The Shingo River, which flows in a parallel direction in Pakistan-administered Baltistan, also joins the Drass River. The combined river is alternatively called Suru, Drass and Shingo by various local groups. The Drass River valley is traversed by the National Highway 1D that connects Srinagar in Kashmir with Leh in Ladakh. It represents a historic trade route. Course The Dras River is long and flows entirely in the Dras Valley. Its source lies in the Machoi Glacier near Zojila Pass, the gateway to Ladakh, east of Sonamarg and east of Srinagar, the summer capital (May - October) of Jammu and Kashmir. The Machoi Glacier is also the source of the Sind River, which flows through the neighbouring Kashmir Valley in the opposite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dras-Leona
''The Inheritance Cycle'' is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini. Set in the fictional world of Alagaësia (), the novels focus on the adventures of a teenage boy named Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, as they struggle to overthrow the evil king Galbatorix. The series was originally intended to be a trilogy (named the "Inheritance Trilogy") until Paolini announced on October 30, 2007, while working on the third novel, that he believed the story was too complex to conclude in just three books. The book series as a whole received mixed reviews by critics, but has gained both popularity and commercial success. The first book in the series, '' Eragon'', was originally self-published by Paolini in 2001, and subsequently re-published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers on June 25, 2003. The second book in the series, '' Eldest'', was published by Knopf on August 23, 2005. Both were New York Times bestsellers. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inheritance Cycle
''The Inheritance Cycle'' is a tetralogy of young adult fiction, young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini. Set in the Fictional universe, fictional world of Alagaësia (), the novels focus on the adventures of a teenage boy named Eragon (character), Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, as they struggle to overthrow the evil king Galbatorix. The series was originally intended to be a trilogy (named the "Inheritance Trilogy") until Paolini announced on October 30, 2007, while working on the third novel, that he believed the story was too complex to conclude in just three books. The book series as a whole received mixed reviews by critics, but has gained both popularity and commercial success. The first book in the series, ''Eragon'', was originally self-published by Paolini in 2001, and subsequently re-published by Alfred A. Knopf, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers on June 25, 2003. The second book in the series, ''Eldest'', was published by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indus-Yarlung Suture Zone
The Indus-Yarlung suture zone or the Indus-Yarlung Tsangpo suture is a tectonic Suture (geology), suture in southern Tibet and across the north margin of the Himalayas which resulted from the collision between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate starting about 52 Ma. The north side of the suture zone is the Ladakh Batholith of the Karakoram-Lhasa Block. The rocks of the suture zone consist of an ophiolite mélanges composed of Neotethys oceanic crustal flyschs and ophiolites; the Dras Volcanics: which are basalts, dacites and minor radiolarian cherts – the remains of a mid- to late Mesozoic volcanic island arc; and the Indus Molasse which are an Eocene or later continental clastic sediments. The ophiolite which can be found here is not a remnant of a very big ocean, but of a small back-arc basin structure. See also * References Plate tectonics Geology of the Himalaya Suture zones {{tectonics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DRA (other)
DRA or Dra may refer to: Places * Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, 1978-1987 * Desert Rock Airport (IATA airport code DRA), Mercury, Nevada, USA * Draco (constellation) (abbreviated Dra) Organizations * Defence Research Agency, former UK body * Delta Regional Authority, for the Mississippi River Delta Region, US * ''Deutscher Reichsausschuss für Leibesübungen'', later '' Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen'', a former German sports organization * ''Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv'', the German Broadcasting Archive Science and technology * Dielectric resonator antenna * Dopamine receptor antagonist, first generation antipsychotics * Dopamine releasing agent, a class of drugs * Downregulated-in-adenoma, an anion exchanger * Drag reducing agent, a pipeline flow improver * Driver's reminder appliance, a UK passenger train safety device * Dynamic Resolution Adaptation, an audio coding standard * Dynamic Resource Allocation, a project management tool * Dave's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
