How was Leh Ladakh formed?

During the last ice age (the Pliocene-Quaternary glaciation), the area of Leh Ladakh was under an ice sheet. Glaciers move, usually, at a slow rate (1-3m per year) and that accounts for transportation of loess and larger items such as boulders in the remnants of a glacial debris field. read more

Since Leh is the largest town in the district of Ladakh, I thought you might be asking how the general area of Ladakh was formed. It also might be simpler to ask how Ladakh was not formed, it has been forged by just about every geophysical dynamic known. read more

Thus, between Leh and eastern Central Asia there is a triple barrier — the Ladakh Range, Karakoram Range, and Kunlun. Nevertheless, a major trade route was established between Leh and Yarkand. Ladakh is a high altitude desert as the Himalayas create a rain shadow, generally denying entry to monsoon clouds. read more

In Leh, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age. The people of Leh are ethnic Tibetan, speaking Ladakhi, an East Tibetan language. The Muslim presence dates back to the annexation of Ladakh by Kashmir, after the Fifth Dalai Lama attempted to invade Ladakh from Tibet. read more