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... India , and Nepal . Each range has a character of its own . The Pamirs , the Bam - i- dunya or Roof of the World ... India , Nepal , Bhutan , and India once more . Unlike the arid Hindu Kush and Karakoram , moisture - laden clouds reach ...
... India , and Nepal . Each range has a character of its own . The Pamirs , the Bam - i- dunya or Roof of the World ... India , Nepal , Bhutan , and India once more . Unlike the arid Hindu Kush and Karakoram , moisture - laden clouds reach ...
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... India from 1963 to 1965 ; once again the conservation problems of India became my concern . Although I went to find tahr , I also found echoes of my past . The Nilgiri Hills rise abruptly from plains where the states of Karnataka ...
... India from 1963 to 1965 ; once again the conservation problems of India became my concern . Although I went to find tahr , I also found echoes of my past . The Nilgiri Hills rise abruptly from plains where the states of Karnataka ...
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... India has an excessively large cattle popula- tion . Indeed cattle permeate the landscape , there being one animal ... India , perhaps even more than in other countries , there is this dif- ference between precept and practice . In no ...
... India has an excessively large cattle popula- tion . Indeed cattle permeate the landscape , there being one animal ... India , perhaps even more than in other countries , there is this dif- ference between precept and practice . In no ...
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ahead altitudes animals behavior bharal Bhote Kosi blue sheep boulders camp canyon Chitral Chitral Gol cliffs climb clouds crest cubs dark descend dhole Dolpo feet female forest Gilgit glacier gorge grass Gyaltsen habitat halt head herd hills Himalaya Himalayan tahr Hindu Hindu Kush horns hunting Hunza ibex India Indus Jang-bu Karakoram Karchat Kashmir Khan Kilik Pass kill lama Lapche leave livestock loads look males Marco Polo sheep markhor miles Misgar monastery morning mountains nearby Nepal night Nilgiri tahr once Pakistan pass peaks Pervez Peter Phu-Tsering plateau porters rams range reached remain ridge Ringmo river road rock route sheep and goats Sherpas Shey Skardu slopes snow leopard soon species stone Tarakot tent Tibet Tibetan tiger trail trees trip tsampa urial valley vanished village walk walls watched wild goat wildlife wind winter wolves yaks young