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Southern Tibet : vol.4 |
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follows a bit of even ground or *tanga* in Tibetan and *maidan* in the Mohammedan
languages. The evenness does, however, not last very long, for we have to cross
four or five erosion furrows, one of them very considerable and taking much time.
Our direction which so far has been to the west, now turns to the N. W. Four
new erosion beds are crossed. Immediately to our left a very deep-cut valley appears,
and to our right, a tributary to it. From the point between them, the view is
magnificent. It is seen on Pan. 547, Tab. 104. To the left and right it shows the two,
not very high, ranges which border the *Satlej* valley to the S. W. and N. E. Both
have small snow patches here and there. The one to the left is somewhat nearer.
The large tectonic valley between the two, is filled with loose material, though living
rock also crops out here and there. The panorama shows how very slowly the sur-
face of these deposits slope towards the *Satlej*, which, however, is not visible, only
suspected. The valley just to our left, goes down and forms a right tributary of
the *Daba*, which is a valley of the first order, and the perspective of which is seen
in the middle of the panorama. A little farther on, the *Daba-gompa* is seen on its
terrace on the beds of pebbles and shingle and on the slopes and bottom of the
little side valley at its foot, the village of *Daba*, surrounded by a most picturesque
and fantastic landscape of pyramids cut out in the left terraces of the valley.
From our observation point, we go down along the steep slopes at the right
side of the tributary, crossing several small beds and furrows. The tributary is
crossed by the road and a new projecting spur has to be traversed. At its edge
is a cairn, from which the road is very steep. On the lowest terrace, there is a
*mani*. The river is divided into several branches, being together about 30 m.
broad, 0.15 m. deep and with a velocity of nearly 1 m., the volume of water amounting
to about 4.5 cub. m. per second. From the last cairn to the bottom of the *Daba*
valley, the descent was 256 m. From the highest parts of the day's march we had
a general view of the country to the right of the *Satlej*. At this distance, it is
impossible to compare the northern tributaries with the southern. But as the road
goes south of the river, it would seem that the ground here is more comfortable.
If this be the case, it could only be due to the northern tributaries being larger,
with steeper slopes and more water than the southern. At *Daba*, or *Dava-gompa*,
the following passes were mentioned as leading over the *Ladak Range*, N. E. and
north of this part of the *Satlej*: the *Ayi-la*, the *Sergo-chen*, the *Pögö-la* and
the *Laoche*.
Pan. 546A and B, Tab. 104, gives a view chiefly of the left side of the valley,
with its steep and partly perpendicular slopes as they have been cut out by the
river in former times, and as they have been modelled by later erosion. To the
N. 27° E., the *Daba* valley continues down to the *Satlej*, and in the background
are seen the peaks of the *Ladak Range*.
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