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Geology

The Great Himalayas: the Nun Kun massif on Ladakh’s southwest boundary

We are looking upon the inexhaustibly rich rock formations. We note where and how were conceived the examples of symbolic images. Nature, having no outlet, inscribed epics with their wealth of ornamentation, on the rocks. One perceives how the forms of imagery blend with the mountain atmosphere.

Altai Himalaya Nicholas Roerich

Ladakh is located at the boundary zone between the Eurasian continent and the Indian subcontinent. The Indus Valley, regarded frequently as the spine of the region, is located just north of the so-called suture zone, where the two continental plates collided some 50 million years ago. North and south of the Indus are a series of mountain ranges, more or less parallel to the valley. These are the Great Himalaya Range that forms the southwestern boundary; the Zanskar Range – mountains formed of oceanic sediments – between the Great Himalayas and the Indus; the Ladakh Range – mountains formed of plutonic rocks – north of the Indus; and the Karakoram that marks the northern boundary.