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About The Book : This book was the representation of those geographical facts of the concerning areas. With the great variations of level the climate must necessarily be different for every region. The temperature ranges from the more than tropical heat of the Punjab Summer to such an intensity of cold as keeps perpetual snow on the mountain. Besides temperature, there is the element of moisture, which gives another variety to the climate. The book cover the following region, namely, The outer Hills; Inhabitant of outer Hills; Jammu and the Court; various places in the outer Hills; Regions of the Middle Mountain; March from Jammo to Kashmir; Kashmir; The Mountain round the Kashmir; March from Kashmir to Leh in Ladakh; Nubra and Zanskar. The Higher valley; The Plateaus; Baltistan; Dardistan; Gilght History. The lowest part is the strip of plain on the south-west, which is continuous with the great level plain of the Panjab. The lofty mountain ranges, which rise first to rocky heights and then to the region of perpetual snow. A great chain of snowy mountains, running south-west and north-west, divides the drainage of the Chinab and Jhelum rivers from that of the higher branches of the Induas. About The Author : Frederick Drew FGS, FRGS (1836 –1891), was an English geologist, who is noted for his geographical study of Kashmir. He worked as a geologist for over a decade in Maharaja Ranbir Singh's government and also served as the Governor of Ladakh. He was elected Fellow of the Geological Society of London. Drew was employed for seven years in the south-east of England, and did much for the geology of the weald, especially in tracing out and describing the subdivisions of the Hastings sands. He was at first engaged in looking for minerals, was then charged with the management of the forest department, and was finally governor of the province of Ladakh. He served as the Maharaja's representative on a "second" boundary commission to delineate the boundary between Ladakh and the British Indian districts Lahaul and Spiti. He acquired an intimate knowledge of the country and the people, and after his return to England he wrote The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories: a Geographical Account. It was provided with excellent maps, showing not only the physical features, but the distribution of races, languages, and faiths. A translation by Baron Ernouf was published at Paris in 1877; and in the same year Drew published a more popular account under the title The Northern Barrier of India. He had been elected a fellow of the Geological Society of London in 1858, and served on the council from 1874 to 1876. In 1875, he was appointed one of the science masters at Eton, and he remained there till his death on 28 October 1891. The Title 'The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories: A Geographical Account written/authored/edited by Frederic Drew', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121299572 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 599 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. . Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-