Dras
See also: dras and Drās
English
Etymology
From South Asian languages
- (Dras Islands): From basaltic rocks found near the hill station, which were identified as indication of a former volcanic island chain that was accreted by plate tectonics.
Proper noun
Dras
- A town, a hill station in Dras subdivision, Kargil district, Ladakh, Kashmir, India; in the Dras Valley on the Dras River
- Synonyms: Drass, (ISO 15919) Drās
- A subdivision of Kargil district, Ladakh, Kashmir, India
- Synonym: Drass
- A river in Kargil district, Ladakh, Kashmir, India; in the Dras Valley
- Synonyms: Drass, Dras River, Drass River
- A valley in Kargil district, Ladakh, Kashmir, India; containing the Dras River
- Synonyms: Drass, Dras Valley, Drass Valley, Dras River Valley, Drass River Valley
- (geology, historical) Ellipsis of Dras Volcanic Island Arc. A former archipelago in the Neotethys; south of in Eurasia (c. 150 Mya-50Mya). A former island chain that accreted onto the northern edge of the Indian Subcontinent when it crashed into the southern shore of Eurasia (Mega-Laurasia), forming part of the mountains separating the Tibetan Plateau from South Asia
Derived terms
- Dras Volcanic Arc
- Dras volcanic basalts
- Dras Volcanic Island Arc
- Dras volcanics
- Dras Volcanics