Koot Banda
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The place
Koot Banda in the Kaghan valley, Naran/Balakot sector (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan), at 2785 m elevation, western foothills of the Himalayas. COUNTRY ANOMALY: Pakistan missing from the database (to be added). Traditional pastoral hut (Banda = summer alpine pasture of the Gujjar/Bakarwal nomadic shepherds). Zone of deodar cedars (Cedrus deodara), blue pines and rhododendrons. Historic habitat of the snow leopard and the Himalayan black bear.
The setting
Kaghan valley Naran/Balakot Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan 2785 m, Banda alpine pasture Gujjar/Bakarwal nomads, deodar cedars/blue pines, snow leopard/Himalayan black bear, ANOMALY Pakistan missing.
