Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Kalam Valley

Floor1,973 m6,473 ft

Depth: 1,781 m
Rim: 3,991 m
Length: 21.4 km
Tonight: -10°CFair · Wind 5 km/h NE

Kalam Valley is up to 1,781 m deep: the rim reaches 3,991 m and the floor 1,973 m, along 21.4 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,973 m

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3D map

Kalam Valley 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Kalam 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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Kalam Valley elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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JPGKalam Valley satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-09.

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Depth

Depth of Kalam Valley

Up to 1,781 m deep (typically 1,138 m) along the 21.4 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

Weather

Kalam Valley weather

Tonight · Fair · -10°C (14°F) · Wind 5 km/h NE

Kalam Valley forecast for about 3,991 m.

Tonight-10°–5 km/h NE
Today-11°2°0.2 mm7 km/h S
Sun-10°1°1.1 mm6 km/h NE
Mon-11°1°1.0 mm6 km/h E
Tue-9°2°–2 km/h S
Wed-8°3°–2 km/h SE
Thu-8°3°–4 km/h SE
Fri-8°3°–5 km/h S
Sat-8°4°–3 km/h S
Sun-7°4°–3 km/h S

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 16 × 16 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.

Gentle, 0–15°

12.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

28.8%

Steep, 30–45°

46.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

12.6%

Steeper than 30°: 58.7% of the 256 km² view
Relief in view: 2,830 m low point 1,941 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 38.5%Grassland 35.1%Bare rock / sparse 11.9%Moss & lichen 9.1%Cropland 2.8%Water 1.3%Snow & ice 1.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 8.0 km; 70 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Western Honey Bee4
Himalaya Ground Skink3
Common Rosefinch2
Altai Accentor2
Small Copper2
Great mullein2

Where it sits

Where Kalam Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Birir Valley1,100 m72 km WNW

Sources

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 2026-09-09)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia