Skakjung or Kokzhung[1][a] is 45–kilometer long pasture land along the right bank of Indus River valley in Southern Ladakh.[5] It is traditionally used by nomads of nearby villages such as Chushul and Nyoma as well as Rupshu. The Skakung pasture land can be used year-round because it rarely snows in the Indus Valley.[6][7]
- ^ Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories (1875), p. 462.
- ^ Moorcroft & Trebeck, Travels in the Himalayan Provinces, Vol. 1 (1841), pp. 362–363.
- ^ Moorcroft & Trebeck, Travels in the Himalayan Provinces, Vol. 1 (1841), pp. 439–440.
- ^ Ladakh: Local Herders Clash With Chinese Soldiers Over Access to Grazing Land, The Wire, 30 Jan 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Stobdanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories (1875): "At Dora falls hardly any snow. This is why the place is chosen for winter quarters, the sheep and the cattle being thus able to graze on the extensive though thin pasture found on the flat."
- ^ I︠U︡sov, B. V. (1959), Physical Geography of Tibet, U.S. Joint Publications Research Service, p. 138: "The hills are almost naked and only down below, at the foot, is there a grassy cover which, despite its scantiness, is used by nomadic cattle raisers the year round – thanks to the snowless winter."
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