Talk:Karakoram

message: Both spellings, "Karakoram" and "Karakorum" are used to describe this mountain range. The two spelling occur in both peer-reviewed scientific journals as well as popular literature1. The article should be altered to include this.
In Rudyard Kipling's Kim, "Karakorum" is use in Chapter 13, page 282
"They were at Leh not so long ago. They said they had come down from the Karakorum with their heads and horns and all."
Kim, Chapter 13, page 282.
...and defined in the notes as.. 
"Karakorum: the mountain range about one hundred miles north of the Indus river in Baltistan, north-west of Leh."
 Kim, Notes, page 362
Kim, Rudyard Kipling, first published by MacMillan 1901, Reprinted Penguin Classics 2000 
Ltwhite (talk) 02:03, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Karakoram vs Karakorum 

message: A newly-created account, User:Adraen, just reverted my condensing edits related to paleoglaciation, both here and at Himalayas. Please see Talk:Himalayas#newly-created account reverted edits without explanation for a centralized discussion. —hike395 (talk) 14:28, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  reversion of recent edits 

message: This article seems to dance around whether the Himalayas are an entirely distinct range, or if the Karakoram range is part of same.  Some discussion of variable usage might help, if it's not possible to state definitively which of these is the correct and universal usage, and stick with it.  (Absence of a link seems extremely unhelpful, too.)  84.203.32.57 (talk) 08:11, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Considering that ridge connecting Karakoram to main Himalayas is highier than main Himalayan Ridge between the point where Karakoram ridge splits and Nanga Parbat (Himalayas westernmost 8-thousender) logic and definitions would put Karakoram as Subridge of the Himalayas. But I couldn't find a relible source to confirm it 159.205.255.217 (talk) 04:03, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarify relationship between Karakoram and Himalaya(s) 

message: This article definitely needs a (better) map to show where this range is located on the planet - particularly one which highlights the distinction between this range and the (better known) Himalayas. -- 160.129.138.186 (talk) 15:54, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map Needed 

message: I reverted your edit because the reference you restored had originally been put into the article by its author. It was part of a long series of self-citations that that same person inserted into hundreds of articles. (See this page for more information.)
If you have access to the source and can confirm that it is clearly appropriate as a reference for the article, go ahead and put it back in. — Gorthian (talk) 01:29, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry for the extra work.There are a lot of subtle vandals, so I figured that a bad person removed a good ref. —hike395 (talk) 03:18, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Not a problem. This guy is exactly that—a very subtle vandal! — Gorthian (talk) 06:51, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refspam 

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message: It lies in Disputed Kashmir region, right?? that's what the UN says.. 117.210.174.158 (talk) 16:30, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Region 

message: Noticed an ambiguous description of the southern boundaries of the range in the introduction section: "The southern boundary of the Karakoram is formed, west to east, by the Gilgit, Indus and Shyok rivers, which separate the range from the northwestern end of the Himalaya range proper. These rivers flow northwest before making an abrupt turn southwestward towards the plains of Pakistan." The part that summarizes the courses of the three mentioned rivers is ambiguous and can lead to incorrect conclusions by the reader. These courses are complex and can not be summarized in the proposed way. While true about the Indus, that it forms the central part of the southwestern border of the range, flowing to the northwest and then changing its course in southwesterly direction - not far before it receives the waters of Gilgit River (near Jaglot), it is not true about the other two rivers. Gilgit River for comparison runs its entire course in southeastern direction until discharging into the Indus. The confluence of these two rivers is a tripoint where three mountain ranges meet - the Karakoram Range to the north, northeast and northwest; the Himalayas to the south and southeast; and the Hindu Kush to the west. It could be mentioned in such a description. Finally the Shyok River, originating from the Rimo Glacier, initially flows in southeastern direction until abruptly changing its course (not long before the Karakoram Dwar Bridge), but not to the southwest, as implied in the introduction. Its course changes to a northwestern direction, almost parallel to its own former course, and parallel to the course of the Indus River, itself a range away to the southwest. Shyok's major tributary - the Nubra River follows the same pattern, where its course change is at its confluence near Diskit. Shyok discharges into the Indus near Keris, where it has been running to the west for a short while, after accepting the waters of Hushe River, itself coming from the north-northwest. Here is a suitable map depicting the described river courses in its upper part: , and one about the entire Shyok River course: . Here is another one - a more detailed, but less accurate map, that omits the initial course of the Shyok River and also depicts the Gilgit River before its confluence with the Indus as Hunza River, while it is just its tributary, joining it at Gilgit: . A more general map of the region: . To summarize - out of the three mentioned rivers in the introduction, one meets the directions of the description - the Indus River; one holds only to the part where it flows northwest, but not southwestward - the Shyok River (also not mentioned is its initial southeastern course direction, where it too forms the boundary of the range); and one river fails to meet any of the described directions, since it only flows to the southeast. Should this part of the introduction be changed? Bobbylon (talk) 00:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ambiguous Boundaries Description