Spiti Snapshot Willow

This tree, one of the largest in the entire Spiti Valley, was only quickly photographed from the window of a share-jeep hurtling down the highway

Location:

State: Himachal Pradesh
Locality: Spiti Valley: Roadside, on other side of Spiti River from Ki Ggompa

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Botany:

Common name: White Willow: A Eurasian willow tree, fast-growing along watercourses
Botanical species: Salix alba
Botanical family : Salicaceae [Willow]

Geography:

Latitude: 32.297569 ° north of the Equator
Longitude: 77.976536 ° east of the Prime Meridian
Altitude: 3762.8 metres above sea level

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Journey:

Mountains of Cedar and Snow
Path : Based in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, with excursions to Dharamsala and through the Kinnaur and Spiti Valleys
Date photographed: 5.06.10

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