Braldu River

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The Braldu River is a glacial river in Pakistan’s Karakoram range, known for draining major glaciers and feeding into the Shigar and Indus river systems.

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Label Occurrences
Braldu River canonical 3

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWithActivity mountaineering access to Karakoram peaks ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
drainageBasin Karakoram glaciers ⓘ
drains Baltoro Glacier basin ⓘ
linked to: Baltoro Glacier

Biafo Glacier basin ⓘ
linked to: Biafo Glacier
environment high-altitude alpine environment ⓘ
fedBy glacier melt ⓘ
snowmelt ⓘ
flowsDirection generally eastward ⓘ
flowsInto Shigar River ⓘ
flowsIntoIndirectly Indus River ⓘ
flowsThrough Shigar District ⓘ
hasFeature cold water temperature ⓘ
seasonal discharge variation ⓘ
steep gradient ⓘ
hydrologicalSystem Indus River system ⓘ
linked to: Indus River basin
knownFor draining major glaciers of the Karakoram ⓘ
high glacial silt load ⓘ
languageOfToponym Balti ⓘ
locatedIn Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Karakoram ⓘ
locatedOn Baltoro Glacier trekking approach route ⓘ
mouth Shigar River ⓘ
nearbySettlement Askole ⓘ
Shigar ⓘ
linked to: Shigar Valley
partOf Indus River basin ⓘ
Shigar–Indus hydrological network ⓘ
region Baltistan ⓘ
linked to: Gilgit-Baltistan
risk glacial lake outburst floods ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ
source glacial meltwater ⓘ
sourceRegion Baltoro Glacier ⓘ
Biafo Glacier ⓘ
supports local agriculture in Braldu Valley ⓘ
pastoral communities in Baltistan ⓘ
tributaryOf Shigar River ⓘ
valley Braldu Valley ⓘ
watercourseType glacial river ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panmah Glacier → flowsInto → Braldu River ⓘ
Braldu Valley → river → Braldu River ⓘ
Braldu Valley → drainage → Braldu River ⓘ