Gamagou

Gamagou

GA magou: located in the lower reaches of pengqu River, it is an important tributary of GA mazangbu (it is also written in the map as ganmazangbu or kamaqu). From the south of Qudang Township in Dingri county to the east of Chentang town in Dingjie County, the main body is in the south of Qudang township. It is a valley formed by erosion of snow mountain river, 55 km long, with an altitude of 2100-5000 meters. The Tibetan language Gama is a star.

Scope: it starts from the qiongzhuo glacier on the east slope of Mount Qomolangma in the west, reaches chentanggou in the East (converging to pengqu), reaches the watershed of Kada Zangbu and gamazanbu in the North (longmara Qula mountain range), and reaches Balong National Park in Nepal in the south.

Gamagou is famous for its steep canyons, lush forests, colorful azaleas and clear springs. In addition, from gamagou, you can see the world's highest peak, Mt. Qomolangma and its east slope, and from the north slope, you can see the world's fifth highest peak, Mt. Makalu.

In 1921, British explorer Howard Barry called it "the most beautiful valley in the world" in his book investigation of Mount Everest; in 1995, Dr. Daniel Taylor, director of American Alpine Research Institute, called it "one of the top ten landscapes in the world" in his book Tibet documentary

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Among the ditches in Shigatse, it is developed as the most valuable one for hiking. There is a half-hour CCTV documentary "walking in Gama ditch"

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Region introduction

Tibetan Gama is a star, here is a beautiful sky, Sanskrit translation of Buddhist Gama is causal karma. Gama is a common word in Tibetan areas. For example, on national highway 318, there is Gama Valley to the east of Bangda town and Gama village at the bottom of Yela mountain to the West.

In the Everest region, from the confluence of Gama River Valley and pengqu River, the elevation is only 2100 meters to the relative elevation difference of more than 6000 meters. The valley is 55 kilometers long from east to west and 8 kilometers wide from north to south, covering a total area of 440 square kilometers. The forest ecological types in this region are rich and colorful, including mountain evergreen, semi evergreen broad-leaved forest and semi evergreen broad-leaved forest Among them, the forest type with the most characteristics of the valley is round Berlin, which forms a large area of over mature virgin forest in the open basin above 3000 meters above sea level. Its vigorous and ancient appearance gives people a strange feeling of relaxing and returning to ancient times.

According to the research of relevant experts, the garden Berlin in Gama (Ganma or Kama) Valley is composed of two communities, Viburnum pendulatum and Platycladus orientalis. The former is mainly distributed at 2800-3600m above sea level, while the latter is distributed from 3600 to 4000m near the timberline, above which the shrubbery is formed. In Chuizhi garden, Berlin grows very tall, with a height of 25-30m and a diameter at breast height of 50-60m. In Yunnan and Tibet, Sabina vulgaris grows close to the edge forest line, with a height of 15-25m and a diameter at breast height of 30-50cm. The understory of the two kinds of gardens is relatively clean, and the light transmission is strong in the forest, which is suitable for sightseeing and camping in the forest. Gama Valley is characterized by its dense and lush forests, colorful azaleas, clear springs and streams, steep canyons and colorful birds. In particular, from the east slope of the valley, you can see the world's first peak - Mount Qomolangma, the fourth peak - Mount Luozi, and from the north slope, you can enjoy the magnificent landscape of the world's fifth peak - Mount Makalu.

Among the ditches in Shigatse, it is developed as the most valuable one for hiking. There is a half-hour CCTV documentary "walking in Gama ditch"

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resources

It can be seen that the gama (Ganma or Kama) Valley plays an extremely important role in the environmental protection and eco-tourism development strategy of the Everest nature reserve and even the region.

The valley has a subtropical climate in the lower part of the valley. With the elevation rising, it has formed a unique vertical ecological type. In these ecological types, Magnolia, Panax notoginseng, Coptis, Rhododendron and other wild plants with high medicinal and ornamental value are developed.

The valley and its surrounding areas are also the national key protected animal habitats of the Everest nature reserve, such as snow leopard, langur and red breasted horned pheasant. It is also the "background" area for the ecological quality discrimination of Himalaya and its adjacent areas. At the same time, it is also the source of species resources in the region. It is also the way to save and protect the endangered species and explore the sustainable utilization of biological resources Therefore, in addition to its unique ecological resources, the gama valley also has many scientific research values, such as biology, geology, glacier, environment and so on. It is a natural biological genetic gene pool. Therefore, it is listed as Mount Everest National Nature Reserve.

characteristic

Gamagou, one of the Himalayan gullies, is located in the core area of the Everest nature reserve. It is isolated from the world and far away from the hustle and bustle of the city. The only means of transportation is yak. It is known as one of the top ten landscapes in the world, the most beautiful valley in the world "One of the world's top ten classic hiking routes", the scenery is very shocking. There are many rare wild animals and plants, and the plateau lakes are scattered everywhere. You can enjoy the shocking beauty of the world-class snow mountains, such as Mount qomolangzhuo, the world's first, the world's fourth, the world's fifth, Makalu, and the second highest mountain in China Shangri La in China. It was not until 2001 that the Chinese government organized for the first time scientific researchers and journalists to cross the gamagou on foot, which filled the historical gap in the investigation of gamagou by Chinese people.

This high-altitude line with the nature of exploration can take close-up photos of three peaks above 8000 meters in the core area of Himalayas and many snow mountains around 6000-7000 meters.

Range

Chentang town in the East

East of chentanggou (into pengqu), here 2100 meters above sea level.

The West reaches the east slope of Mount Everest

The West reaches the qiongzhuo glacier on the east slope of Mount Qomolangma.

Everest's eastern face was first set foot here by Western explorers, which is called Everest kangshung face in the West until now. The record of the east slope of Mt. Everest is known as George Mallory's diary in 1921. George Mallory was one of the members of the British mountaineering team who made a field trip to Mount Everest in 1921. He entered the kangshung Valley upstream of gamagou to investigate the route of climbing Mount Everest and reached the kangshung glacier on the east slope of Mount Everest.

What we usually call the "east slope of Mount Everest" hiking route is a broad term. It actually includes three valleys: Lanhua Valley, gamagou Valley and kangshung valley. It needs to cross two high-altitude passes, xiaowula and langmala. Gamagou is named after kaamo Tsangpo, which originates from the Rabka glacier in gamagongri. Qiongzhuo Valley is named after qiongzhuo Zangbu. Qiongzhuo Zangbu originates from the qiongzhuo glacier at the foot of the east slope of Mount Everest at an altitude of about 6000 meters. The name of this stream in orchid Valley is unknown. According to the principle of river source only, the source of gamazangbu is the qiongzhuo glacier at the foot of the east slope of Mount Qomolangma. Then it flows southeast along the gully. It joins pengqu in Chentang town at an altitude of 2100 meters and flows to Nepal, with a total length of 55 kilometers.

Peak along the way

Zhumulangzhuo peak

Chomo Lonzo, as wiki calls it, is located five kilometers north of Makalu, the fifth highest peak in the world. It is a peak completely located in Tibet, China. The main peak is 7804 meters above sea level, with three peaks in total. The main peak is located in the south. The main peak of 7804m is connected with * * peak of 7540 through 7250 depressions, and * * peak is connected with north peak of 7200 through 7000 depressions. These three peaks dominate the sight during the walking period, which is very impressive. From the foot of the mountain opposite badang camp, the 3000 meter rock wall in the northeast is an unprecedented challenge for climbers. So far, no one has reached the top from the east slope and northeast ridge. Zhumurangzhuo is known as "bird God". From the northeast, it looks like an eagle flying all the time.

In 1954, Jean couzy and Lionel terray, from France, visited Makalu's climbing route. Through the sakietang pass, which separates Makalu and zhumulangzhuo at 7200 meters, they climbed the main peak of zhumulangzhuo from the relatively gentle southwest ridge for the first time. In 1993, the Japanese mountaineering team opened up a new route from the northwest ridge to the southwest ridge and successfully reached the main peak. In 1994, the Japanese team successfully reached the main peak again from the traditional southwest Ridge Route.

Zhumurangzhuo's * * peak and north peak did not reach the peak until 2005. In 1999, a French mountaineering team failed to attempt the Northeast ridge. In April 2005, a French mountaineering team returned

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