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Johar Valley (also known as ''Milam Valley'' or ''Gori Ganga Valley'') is a valley located in Pithoragarh district of
Johar Valley (also known as ''Milam Valley'' or ''Gori Ganga Valley'') is a valley located in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in the North India, northern part of India. It is often referred to as t ...
, India, along the Gori Ganga
Gori Ganga ( Kumaoni: ''Gori Gād'') is a river in the Munsiari tehsil of the Pithoragarh District, part of the state of Uttarakhand in northern India. Its principal source is the Milam Glacier, just northeast of Nanda Devi along with the Gl ...
river. The valley used to be a major trade route with Tibet. The best known villages in the valley are Martoli and Milam.
Geography
The alpine trans-humant village of Milam is located one kilometer below the snout of the Milam glacier. Here a left-bank stream called ''Gonka'' joins the Gori. The valley provides the approach route for access to peaks such as Nanda Devi East, Hardeol, Trishuli, Panchchuli and Nanda Kot.See also
* Shauka - Johar * Kumaon *List of valleys of India
The following is a partial list of valleys in India, listed alphabetically. Many of these valleys in India are named after the river that flows through them.
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