. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. mmer it has only one outlet, whichruns northward to form the source of the Gumber torrent. These curious features have drawn the attention of geologists tothe Zoji La. Burrard and Hayden are of opinion that the indentationwas cut through the ridge by a prehistoric river. Oestreich finds in ita proof of the progressive erosion of the Baltal gorge, accompaniedby the gradual withdrawal of the water-shed line. The Zoji La is, infact, often quoted as a conspicuous examp
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. mmer it has only one outlet, whichruns northward to form the source of the Gumber torrent. These curious features have drawn the attention of geologists tothe Zoji La. Burrard and Hayden are of opinion that the indentationwas cut through the ridge by a prehistoric river. Oestreich finds in ita proof of the progressive erosion of the Baltal gorge, accompaniedby the gradual withdrawal of the water-shed line. The Zoji La is, infact, often quoted as a conspicuous example of the type of erosion Zoji La. 07 known as back-cutting. a process which may ultimately result in thecomplete cutting through of a range, and concerning which I shall havea few words to say farther on. We reached the pass at dawn. Here the rain was replaced by sleet,which during the night had deposited a layer of some four inches of icecrystals on top of the old snow. The misty and hesitating dawTi wasfollowed by a glorious day, and the outhnes of the mountains grew clearand hard against the perfect limpidity of the GOING DOWN TO MlTAJUX. The level passage at the top of the pass runs some mile and a halfnorthward almost without a slope. Then it bends gently eastwardand widens out into the real Gumber valley, which is ample and level,a perfect specimen of a round-bottomed valley. Full of snow as it nowwas and altogether treeless, it had the appearance of a glacial little lower down the thick floor of snow was broken through hereand there, leaving short reaches of the torrent exposed. The descentis broken into low steps dividing level terraces, and the whole dropis very small. Some four miles from the pass we cross under the foot ofthe Metjuhoy glacier, which falls from the Kanipatri and ends not farfiom the path at an altitude of about 10,800 feet. A httle farther on,on the ridge of the spur, is the bungalow of Minimurg. the highest in (9221) r. -2 68 (hiiptii
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