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The '''Kashmir Valley''', also known as the '''Vale of Kashmir''', is an [[intermontane]] valley in northern [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], a region in [[Indian-administered Kashmir]].<ref name="britannica-jammu-kashmir">(a) {{citation |title=Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Kashmir-region-Indian-subcontinent |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |editor=Encyclopaedia Britannia |access-date=15 August 2019 |archive-date=17 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617074549/https://www.britannica.com/place/Kashmir-region-Indian-subcontinent |url-status=live }} (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories. China became active in the eastern area of Kashmir in the 1950s and has controlled the northeastern part of Ladakh (the easternmost portion of the region) since 1962.";

The '''Kashmir Valley''', also known as the '''Vale of Kashmir''', is an [[intermontane]] valley in northern [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], a region in [[Indian-administered Kashmir|Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="britannica-jammu-kashmir">(a) {{citation |title=Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Kashmir-region-Indian-subcontinent |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |editor=Encyclopaedia Britannia |access-date=15 August 2019 |archive-date=17 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617074549/https://www.britannica.com/place/Kashmir-region-Indian-subcontinent |url-status=live }} (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories. China became active in the eastern area of Kashmir in the 1950s and has controlled the northeastern part of Ladakh (the easternmost portion of the region) since 1962.";

(b) {{citation |title=Encyclopedia Americana |page=328 |year=2006 |chapter=Kashmir |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_cWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA328 |publisher=Scholastic Library Publishing |isbn=978-0-7172-0139-6 }} C. E Bosworth, University of Manchester Quote: "KASHMIR, kash'mer, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, administered partlv by India, partly by Pakistan, and partly by China. The region has been the subject of a bitter dispute between India and Pakistan since they became independent in 1947";</ref> The valley is surrounded by the ranges of the [[Himalaya]]s, bounded on the southwest by the [[Pir Panjal Range]] and on the northeast by the [[Great Himalaya|Greater Himalaya]]n Range. It is approximately {{cvt|135|km}} long and {{cvt|32|km}} wide, and drained by the [[Jhelum River]].<ref>{{citation|title=Vale of Kashmir|publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica|date=11 March 2021|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Vale-of-Kashmir|access-date=12 April 2021|archive-date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804074900/https://www.britannica.com/place/Vale-of-Kashmir|url-status=live}}</ref> It falls entirely within the [[Kashmir Division]] of Jammu and Kashmir.

(b) {{citation |title=Encyclopedia Americana |page=328 |year=2006 |chapter=Kashmir |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_cWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA328 |publisher=Scholastic Library Publishing |isbn=978-0-7172-0139-6 }} C. E Bosworth, University of Manchester Quote: "KASHMIR, kash'mer, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, administered partlv by India, partly by Pakistan, and partly by China. The region has been the subject of a bitter dispute between India and Pakistan since they became independent in 1947";</ref> The valley is surrounded by the ranges of the [[Himalaya]]s, bounded on the southwest by the [[Pir Panjal Range]] and on the northeast by the [[Great Himalaya|Greater Himalaya]]n Range. It is approximately {{cvt|135|km}} long and {{cvt|32|km}} wide, and drained by the [[Jhelum River]].<ref>{{citation|title=Vale of Kashmir|publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica|date=11 March 2021|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Vale-of-Kashmir|access-date=12 April 2021|archive-date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804074900/https://www.britannica.com/place/Vale-of-Kashmir|url-status=live}}</ref> It falls entirely within the [[Kashmir Division]] of Jammu and Kashmir.