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due to the Indus River following the capture and rerouting through that area is thought to bring middle and lower crustal rocks to the surface. Gilgit is the westernmost tributary of the Indus River.
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in Pakistan. The gorge is 4,500–5,200 m (14,800–17,100 ft) deep near the Nanga Parbat. The massive amounts of
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Nanga Parbat
Indus River
Nanga Parbat
Greater Himalayas
debouches
Punjab
erosion
Geology of the Himalayas
Rigvedic rivers
Meltzer, Anne S.
"Crustal reworking at Nanga Parbat, Pakistan: Metamorphic consequences of thermal-mechanical coupling facilitated by erosion"
Tectonics
Bibcode
2001Tecto..20..712Z
doi
10.1029/2000TC001243
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Pakistan
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expanding it
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Indus River
Pakistan geography stubs

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