Skakjung or Kokzhung[1][a] is 45–kilometer long pasture land in Indus River valley in Southern Ladakh.
The Skakung pasture land can be used year-round because it rarely snows in the Indus Valley.
Due to the different perception of the border India and China and continuing Chinese incursions in Chushul, Chumur, Dungti, Phobrang, and Demchok has adversely affected the life of local Changpa nomadic herders.
[4] Chushul Councillor Konchok Stanzin said, "Livelihoods of locals have been taken away in the name of buffer zones and patrolling points.
The Indus valley here is about four miles wide, and sandy with a thin layer of grass.