Rupal Valley of pakistan

Rupal Valley is located in the Astore District of Pakistan's Northern Areas. It lies just south of 8,126 meter Nanga Parbat and is popular for treks to the mountain's Rupal Face one of highest mountain faces in the world. Rupal Village is located in the valley at The Rupal is home to Shina speaking herdsmen, who have grazed and harvested wood in the valley for hundreds of years. Overgrazing has caused some loss of vegetation, leading to wind-blown dust. Towering peaks on either side of the valley make it a breathtaking, albeit remote destination for adventurers.

Rupal Peak is a lofty mountain in Pakistan's western Himalaya. The peak is located just south of Nanga Parbat on the Rupal Valley and is sometimes climbed by mountaineers as they acclimatize for higher local peaks. Despite its unique beauty steep north face and impressive height, Rupal is greatly overshadowed by Nanga Parbatthe Mazeno Wall and the mighty Rupal Face. To its west lies Laila Peak (Rupal Valley) and to its north flows the Rupal Glacier which later forms the Rupal River.

Rupal Glacier is a glacier in the Great Himalaya subrange of Himalayas. It starts north of an unnamed 6,326 m high peak and flows northeastward, north of Laila Peak Rupal Valley and south of Nanga Parbat s many peaks.

Rupal River is an east-west glacial stream rising from the meltwater of the Rupal Glacier in northern Pakistan. The stream flows through the Rupal Valley south of NangaParbat before turning northeast to the village of Tarashing The Rupal drains into the Astore River which eventually reaches the Indus near Jaglot