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The
upper part is a beautiful unspoiled river with good white water,
gorges and a feeling of remoteness. The lower part is a
big but relatively easy river, with small gorges, jungle and an
abundance of wildlife. A combined upper and lower part of the
river is a classic, best of its kind.
The Kali Gandaki rises in Mustang.
Here it is a flat and braided river, flowing in an arid open
valley. At Kalopani (black water) the river drops off the roof
of the world and cuts one of the deepest gorges in the world
between Dhaulagiri, height 8,167 m and Annapurna, height 8,091
m.
The Kali Gandaki is named after
the goddess Kali and is considered a particularly holy river. It
is also a gold bearing river, and we met several small groups
who were sluicing and panning the gravel's of the river bed for
minuscule amounts of metal.
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