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From Govo to Chomo the next section of the valley rises from 4 524 to 4 795
m.. whereby, however, Govo is situated some 25 or 30 m. above the bottom of the
valley. On this section the habitus of the landscape becomes more alpine, and
the climate colder. The tributaries from the left or northern side are: Sulung, be-
tween steep granite rocks; Leblung, a rather big valley, probably coming from
the continental water-parting; Chakcha, a small valley or rather gorge; Popta, also
very small; Chagelung, of moderate size, but much hidden by the terraces in the
main valley. Ogolung is a big valley in the upper part of which a high range
is seen, obviously identical with the Pabla and being at a distance of some 6 km
from the road; it has some snow along the crest, and probably greater snow-fields
on the northern side. There is no road in this valley, except for hunters and shep-
herds. Changlung is the next valley, of moderate size. Delung is greater, and
through its entrance the Pabla range is seen at a short distance north. Kurlung is
the next, and the last is Yumbo, between which and the main valley stretches a low
granite ridge.
From the right or south the following valleys enter: Tsari, which is small and
steep and coming from mount Tsari; Panglung is more like a low depression or
furrow between the soft, rounded hills which bound most of this section on the south.
Lungchen is a greater valley coming from mount Tsari, two sharp and partly snow-
covered peaks of which are visible in its upper part. The mountains at the head
of Lungchung are free from snow. The higher mountains visible through the open-
ings of the right tributaries seem to belong to one considerable ramification from
the Pabla range. Talung is a large valley with a peak in the background; the
ice of its brook fills the whole bottom of the valley and forms real cascades of ice
over the front terrace. Toglung has cut down its course between almost perpen-
dicular, low granite rocks, above which the soft, rounded hills begin. The Tagelung
valley is almost hidden by the front of the terrace in the main valley. Kelung is
a steep valley. The Pashu or Dönlung valley is the greatest of all; in its upper part
is again seen the southern range. This valley is of more considerable dimensions
than the main valley which we follow to Chang-la-Pod-la, and it gives its name to
the river, Pashu-tsangpo, down to Govo; above the junction the river which is
followed by the road is called Dosum, and the place where this river joins the Yumbo
is called Chomo-sumdo or ›the meeting of three valleys‹: Dosum, Yumbo, and their
resultant. The Pashu-tsangpo comes from the pass Bogbo-la which is situated on the
continental water-parting.
Granite prevails along this section. The bottom of the valley is full of blocks
and gravel. The terraces are mighty, and often pierced by the tributaries, but some-
times uninterrupted even where tributaries enter; at such places the brooks form cas-
cades of ice hanging down from the top of the terrace. The river streams in a
deep grave between its 50 m. high terraces, which are often very regular. The
road either goes on the top of the terraces or down in the bottom of the valley;