Lidder Valley

Lidder Valley
Lidder Valley
Liddar Valleya
	The Lidder Valley at Pahalgam
Length	25 mi (40 km)
Width	3 mi (4.8 km)
Geography
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
Region	Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Population center	Pahalgam
Borders on	Sind Valley (North); Kashmir Valley (West)
Coordinates	33°46′35″N 75°12′48″E / 33.77639°N 75.21333°E
Mountain range	Himalayas
River	Lidder River

The Lidder Valley or Liddar Valley^[1] is a Himalayan sub-valley that forms the southeastern corner of Anantnag district in Indian-administered Kashmir.^[2] The Lidder River flows down the valley. The entrance to the valley lies 7 km northeast from Anantnag town and 62 km southeast from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a 40-km-long gorge valley^[3] with an average width of 3 km.

^ Kaul, Manmohan N., Glacial and Fluvial Geomorphology of Western Himalaya, South Asia Books, 1990, p. 23, ISBN 978-8170222446
^ Parmanand Parashar (2004). Kashmir The Paradise Of Asia. Sarup & Sons, 2004. p. 97–. ISBN 9788176255189. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
^ M.S. Kohli (1983). The Himalayas: Play Ground of the Gods Trekking, Climbing, Adventure. Indus Publishing, 1983. p. 45–. ISBN 9788173871078. Retrieved 20 June 2012.

[Kaul-1] Kaul, Manmohan N., Glacial and Fluvial Geomorphology of Western Himalaya, South Asia Books, 1990, p. 23, ISBN 978-8170222446

[Kashmir_The_Paradise_Of_Asia-2] Parmanand Parashar (2004). Kashmir The Paradise Of Asia. Sarup & Sons, 2004. p. 97–. ISBN 9788176255189. Retrieved 20 June 2012.

[The_Himalayas-3] M.S. Kohli (1983). The Himalayas: Play Ground of the Gods Trekking, Climbing, Adventure. Indus Publishing, 1983. p. 45–. ISBN 9788173871078. Retrieved 20 June 2012.

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