The Shingo River is a tributary of the Suru River, and flows through the Ladakh

Ladakh

Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the Republic of India. It lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent...

 region. The Shingo river enters India from Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Azad Kashmir borders the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north west, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of People's Republic of China to the north and the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir, to the east.A...

 and meets the Dras River

Dras river

The Dras River is a tributary of the Suru River, and originates in the Machoi Glacier situated near the Zozi-la Pass....

, coming from Dras

Dras

Dras is a town in the Kargil District of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is often called 'The Gateway to Ladakh'. The town shot into prominence in the summer of 1999 following Pakistani-backed incursions into Jammu and Kashmir...

. 5km from Kargil

Kargil town

Kargil is a town, which serves as the headquarters of Kargil District of Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is the second largest town in Ladakh after Leh...

the merged river meets the Suru River and again re-enters Pakistani territory.

The Shingo river is clearer than other rivers in Ladakh because from it is formed from melting ice.