Editing Leh (section)

===Agriculture===
[[File:Grow More Food (2560125708).jpg|thumb|300px|A view of agriculture around Leh.]]
Leh is located at an average elevation of about 3500&nbsp;metres, which means that only one crop a year can be grown there, while two can be grown at [[Khalatse]]. By the time crops are being sown at Leh in late May, they are already half-grown at Khalatse. The main crop is ''grim'' (naked [[barley]], ''Hordeum vulgare'' L. var. ''nudum'' Hook. f., an ancient form of domesticated barley with an easier-to-remove hull. [[Tsampa]], the staple food in Ladakh, is made from this barley.<ref>Rizvi (1996), p. 38.</ref> The water for agriculture of Ladakh comes from the Indus, which runs low in March and April when barley-fields have the greatest need for irrigation.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.peacekashmir.org/jammu-kashmir/geography.htm |title=Jammu & Kashmir – Geography & Geology |work=Peace kashmir |access-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809222459/http://www.peacekashmir.org/jammu-kashmir/geography.htm |archive-date=9 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2023}} Grapes, apricots, currants, walnuts, and apples are also grown in the arid temperate climate.<ref>{{cite book | title = Know Your State Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh | first1= Abdul | last1 = Rashid | first2 = Farah | last2 = Sultan | year = 2021 | publisher = Arihant Publications India  | isbn = 978-93-257-9092-6}}</ref>