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{{Infobox river
| name = Doda River
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| name_other = Stod River
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| image = Zanskar la Doda.jpg
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| image_caption = Stod River
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[India]]
| subdivision_type2 = Union Territory
| subdivision_type3 = Union Territory
| subdivision_name3 = [[Ladakh]]
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| subdivision_name4 = [[Kargil district|Kargil]]
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| source1 = {{Coord|33.794578|N|76.339341|E|display=inline,title}}
| source1_location = [[Drang-Drung Glacier]] at [[Pensi La]]
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| mouth = {{Coord|33.515855|N|76.933805|E|display=inline}}
| mouth_location = [[Tsarap River]] together forms [[Zanskar River]] at [[Padum]] [[Zanskar]]
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The '''Doda River''' or the '''Stod River'''<ref name="Stod or Doda river">{{cite book | authors=Hashmat Singh, Pallav Das, Jai Kumar Sharma | title=Trekking in the Himalayas | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=48yBAAAAMAAJ&q=Doda+river+or+stod+river&dq=Doda+river+or+stod+river&output=html_text&cd=8 | access-date=17 August 2012 | year=2002 | publisher=Roli Books, 2002 | isbn=9788174361066 | page=-140}}</ref> is a [[river]] {{convert|79|km}} long, which forms the Stod Valley in the [[Zanskar|Zanskar valley]]<ref name="Stod"/><ref name="stod valley">{{cite book | authors=Robert W. Bradnock, Roma Bradnock | title=Footprint India Footprint India Handbook | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWKaR6LbEGcC&pg=PA532&dq=stod+river+valley+zanskar&output=html_text&cd=5 | access-date=17 August 2012 | year=2004 | publisher=Footprint, 2004 | isbn=9781904777007 | page=-532}}</ref> of the Leh district in the Union Territory of [[Ladakh]].<ref name="Pensi La"/>

== Geography ==
The Doda River rises from the [[Drang-Drung Glacier]] near [[Pensi La]], a mountain pass off the Zanskar-Kargil road.<ref name="Pensi La">{{cite book | author=Janet Rizvi | title=Ladakh: crossroads of high Asia | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xoluAAAAMAAJ&q=Drang+drung+glacier+pensi+la&dq=Drang+drung+glacier+pensi+la&output=html_text&cd=2 | access-date=17 August 2012 |year=1996 | publisher=Oxford University Press, 1996 | isbn=9780195640168 | page=30–}}</ref><ref name="Pensila Doda river">{{cite book | author=Kim Gutschow | title=Being a Buddhist Nun: The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1mnELpqNsOMC&pg=PA40&dq=doda+river&output=html_text&cd=7 | access-date=17 August 2012 | year=2004 | publisher=Harvard University Press, 2004 | isbn=9780674012875 | page=-40}}</ref> The Drang-Drung Glacier is a river of ice and snow by itself and is the largest [[glacier]] other than the [[Siachen Glacier]] in Ladakh outside the [[Karakoram Range]].<ref name="Drang drung glacier">{{cite book | author=Jasbir Singh | title=The economy of Jammu & Kashmir | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ROfsAAAAMAAJ&q=drang+drung+glacier&dq=drang+drung+glacier&output=html_text&cd=7 | access-date=17 August 2012 |year=2004 | publisher=Radha Krishan Anand & Co., 2004 | isbn=9788188256099 |page=223-}}</ref> It gives rise to a [[mountain peak]] named "Doda Peak", {{convert|6550|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=in}} high,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/expeditions-and-notes-17/|title=Expeditions and notes|publisher=himalayanclub|access-date=2012-08-17}}</ref> and it is the namesake for the [[Doda district]], which lies in the rear side of the glacier; the Doda River is also known as Stod River.<ref name="Stod or Doda river"/> After rising from its source, the Doda River flows southeast down along the Kargil - Zanskar road in the main Zanskar valley, through the towns of Akshu, Abran, Kushol and [[Phey]]. The river then passes a [[confluence]] with its [[tributary]], the [[Tsarap River]], at [[Padum]], the capital of [[Zanskar]]. Together, these two rivers form the [[Zanskar River]], a tributary of the [[Indus River]].<ref name="Stod">{{cite web|url=http://www.tourisminjammukashmir.com/zanskar-tour.htm|title=Stod a tributary of Zanskar river|publisher=tourisminjammukashmir|access-date=2012-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724044111/http://www.tourisminjammukashmir.com/zanskar-tour.htm|archive-date=24 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Zanskar Kursha gompa 01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The river at [[Kursha Monastery]]]]
The Doda River contributes to the minimal agricultural production of the Zanskar valley by providing irrigation to the fields of barley, wheat, buckwheat and peas.<ref name="agriculture in stod">{{cite book | authors=Henry Osmaston, Nawang Tsering | title=Recent Research on Ladakh 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Colloquium on Ladakh, Leh 1993 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4jX552GiSmYC&pg=PA106&dq=stod+river&output=html_text&cd=7 | access-date=17 August 2012 | year=1997 | publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1997 | isbn=9788120814325 | page=-106}}</ref> Accessible in the summer, the [[Pensi La]] mountain pass at the source of the river receives heavy snowfall along with the other pass [[Zojila]], which cuts off the Stod Valley from the rest of the country during winter, and the river freezes during this season. The river source at Pensi La lies {{convert|350|km}} east from the [[Srinagar]], the capital of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name="Drang drung glacier"/> The Doda River is famous for adventure sports. Rafting events are organised throughout the length of the Doda and the Zanskar.<ref name="Rafting on Doda river">{{cite book | authors=Pippa de Bruyn, Niloufer Venkatraman, Keith Bain | title=Frommer's India Volume 187 of Frommer's Complete Guides | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P3wKhPA0lfYC&pg=PA500&dq=doda+river&output=html_text&cd=8 | access-date=17 August 2012 | year=2006 | publisher=John Wiley & Sons, 2006 | isbn=9780471794349 | page=-500}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ladakh}}
{{Hydrography of Jammu and Kashmir}}

[[Category:Rivers of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Geography of Ladakh]]
[[Category:Indus basin]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

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