Lahaul Dabah Willow

This tree grows next to the bridge over the icy Lahaul River, near a small cluster of teashops serving the intrepid travellers crossing through this remote, icy, and largely uninhabited glacial valley

Location:

State: Himachal Pradesh
Locality: Lahaul Valley: At a roadside dhaba

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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: 32.3193 ° north of the Equator
Longitude: 77.36541 ° east of the Prime Meridian
Altitude: 3318 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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