
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
Hardeol or 'Temple of God' is one of the major peaks of the Kumaon Himalaya. It is the highest peak on the northern side of the ring of peaks guarding the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, and lies at the northeast corner of this ring. It is situated at t ...
,
Trishuli
Tirsuli is a Himalayan mountain peak in the
Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, India. It is part of the complex of mountains, including Tirsuli West, Hardeol, Dunagiri, Changabang, and Kalanka, which make up the northeast wall of the Nand ...
,
Panchchuli
The Panchachuli (पंचाचुली) peaks are a group of five snow-capped Himalayan peaks lying at the end of the eastern Kumaon region, near the Dugtu village in Darma valley. The peaks have altitudes ranging from to . They form t ...
and
Nanda Kot
Nanda Kot ( Kumaoni-नन्दा कोट) is a mountain peak of the Himalaya range located in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India. It lies in the Kumaon Himalaya, just outside the ring of peaks enclosing the Nanda Devi ...
.
See also
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Shauka - Johar
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The Shauka people are Tibeto-Burman ethnic group living in the Johar Valley of Gori Ganga river in Munsyari, tehsil of the Pithoragarh District in Kumaon, India.
See also
* Kumaon
*Kumauni people
Further read ...
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Kumaon
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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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Valleys
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References
External links
Valleys of Uttarakhand
Geography of Pithoragarh district
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