Katora Lake is an alpine glacial lake located in the upper reaches of the

Jahaz Banda Jahaz Banda (), also spelt as Jaz Banda, is a large meadow in the upper reaches of Kumrat Valley in Upper Dir District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of 3,100 m above sea level. The region is surrounded ...

Kumrat Valley Kumrat () is an alpine valley of the Dir Kohistan region in the Upper Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. There is around 45 minutes drive to Kumrat Valley from the town of Thal on the banks of the Panjkora River. It is among th ...

in the

Upper Dir District Upper Dir District (, ) is a district located in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Dir is its district headquarter. Geographically, it is located in the northern part of Pakistan. It borders with th ...

of the

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...

province of

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. The lake is fed by the snowmelt from the surrounding glaciers. The word Katora means "bowl" in

Pashto Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...

. It was named after the lake's resemblance to a bowl.

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{{Reflist Lakes of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tourist attractions in Swat Upper Dir District Tourism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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