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Chumbi Valley
- Depth
- 1,007 m
- Rim
- 4,356 m
- Length
- 9 km
- Tonight
- -7°CPartly cloudy · Wind 12 km/h SW
Chumbi Valley is up to 1,007 m deep: the rim reaches 4,356 m and the floor 2,975 m, along 9 km.
All facts
- Floor
- 2,975 m
Chumbi Valley 3D map
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Chumbi Valley topographic map
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Chumbi Valley elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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Depth of Chumbi Valley
Up to 1,007 m deep (typically 798 m) along the 9.0 km in view.
Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).
Chumbi Valley weather
Today · Clear · -7 / 6°C (19 / 43°F) · Wind 12 km/h SW
Chumbi Valley forecast for about 4,356 m.
- Today-7°6°–12 km/h SW
- Sun-8°7°–14 km/h SW
- Mon-8°8°–13 km/h SW
- Tue-8°8°–9 km/h SW
- Wed-8°8°–8 km/h SW
- Thu-2°2°29.6 mm4 km/h N
- Fri-2°0°93.6 mm4 km/h NE
- Sat-5°1°43.9 mm6 km/h N
- Sun-12°6°–9 km/h N
- Mon-13°7°–9 km/h N
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.
- Steeper than 30°
- 56.3% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,812 m low point 2,883 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 21 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Neolucanus castanopterus3
- Nepal Sacred Langur3
- Lucanus cheni2
- Blood Pheasant1
- Red-headed Bullfinch1
- Green-backed Tit1
Where Chumbi Valley sits
- Range
- Himalayas121
- Region
- Tibet Autonomous Region19China121Asia964
Nearby places
Cho La, SikkimPass · 4,500 m↑16 km SW
Nathu LaPass · 4,310 m↑17 km SW
Lake Menmecho↑22 km SSW
Lake Tsongmo3,780 m↑23 km SW
GipmochiPeak · 4,427 m↑26 km S
More 1
More in the Himalayas 6
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-01-13)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)