Consider the following statements regarding the Northwestern Himalayas : 1. Karewa formations in Kashmir consist of thick deposits of glacial clay and other materials embedded with moraines. 2. Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri in Ladakh are freshwater lakes. 3. River Jhelum exhibits meanders in the Kashmir Valley. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Karewas are lacustrine deposits of glacial clay, silts and sands, often with embedded moraines, found in the Kashmir Valley and famous for saffron cultivation — statement 1 is correct. Pangong Tso is a brackish/saline endorheic lake and Tso Moriri is also a saline lake, not freshwater, so statement 2 is incorrect. The River Jhelum flows sluggishly through the flat Kashmir Valley between Anantnag and Wular Lake and develops well-defined meanders — statement 3 is correct. Hence only statements 1 and 3 are correct.