Monday, January 30, 2017

Baglung, Nepal

 

It has many rivers and streams and so many suspension bridges. Baglung is also known as the "District of suspension bridges" because this district has large number of bridges. It is a hilly district, most of the population settled in the sides of the rivers. Fertile plains situated in the either sides of the rivers are used for farming. Highest temperature at the lowest elevation of baglung rises up to about 37.5 degrees Celsius in summer and the lowest temperature at Dhorpatan falls up to about −15 degrees Celsius in winter. The elevation of Baglung varies from about 650 meters at Kharbang to about 4,300 meters in Dhorpatan.







The view from Dhampus, near the Pokhara-Baglung highway
Date: 1968 Location: Baglung, Women cross a crude suspension bridge

A woman with her baggage crossing Kali river in Baglung,Nepal

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