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The Kashmir Valley, also known as the Vale of Kashmir, and Paradise On Earth is an intermontane valley in the portion of the Kashmir region administered by India.
The valley is bounded on the southwest by the Pir Panjal Range and on the northeast by the main Himalayas range.
It is approximately 135 km (84 mi) long and 32 km (20 mi) wide, and drained by the Jhelum River.
The Kashmir Division is a revenue and administrative division of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
The Kashmir division borders Jammu Division to the south and Ladakh to the east while Line of Control forms its northern and the western border.
The division consists of the following districts: Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Bandipore, Ganderbal, Kupwara, Kulgam, Pulwama, Shopian and Srinagar.
Kashmir is a place of beautiful simplicity and pristine natural beauty. Kashmir is painted with a unique culture.
Kashmir has a variety of terrains ranging from lakes, snow-capped mountains, coniferous kissed hills to glacier fed rivers.
On one hand, Kashmir is covered with wild untouched terrain and on the other, there are fields of saffron and orchards of apples awaiting their full bloom.
They have a variety of flowers that are a show in itself.
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