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Dhaulagiri · 8,167 m · 17 km WNW
Gandaki Province

Kali Gandaki Gorge

Floor1,226 m4,022 ft
Depth
2,008 m
Rim
3,475 m
Length
46.8 km
Tonight
-1°CClear · Wind 9 km/h S

Kali Gandaki Gorge is up to 2,008 m deep: the rim reaches 3,475 m and the floor 1,226 m, along 46.8 km.

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Floor
1,226 m
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Kali Gandaki Gorge 3D map

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Kali Gandaki Gorge topographic map

250 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.

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Kali Gandaki Gorge elevation profile

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Depth

Depth of Kali Gandaki Gorge

Up to 2,008 m deep (typically 1,413 m) along the 46.8 km in view.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0002,008 mrimfloor02046.8 km

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

Weather

Kali Gandaki Gorge weather

Today · Fair · -1 / 7°C (30 / 45°F) · Wind 9 km/h S

Kali Gandaki Gorge forecast for about 3,475 m.

  • Today-1°7°–9 km/h S
  • Sun-1°8°–8 km/h S
  • Mon-2°9°–8 km/h S
  • Tue-2°9°–6 km/h S
  • Wed-1°10°–5 km/h S
  • Thu2°8°28.3 mm3 km/h S
  • Fri4°5°107.7 mm3 km/h NE
  • Sat-5°7°6.7 mm5 km/h E
  • Sun-3°9°0.5 mm4 km/h E
  • Mon-4°9°0.4 mm4 km/h E

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Kali Gandaki Gorge

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kali Gandaki Gorge, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 1
PlaceDistance
Hut1.0 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 32 × 32 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°
8.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
27.3%
Steep, 30–45°
44.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
20.1%
Steeper than 30°
64.7% of the 1,024 km² view
Relief in view
6,944 m low point 1,192 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 26.6%Grassland 25.0%Snow & ice 18.8%Bare rock / sparse 16.8%Moss & lichen 11.5%Water 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 16.0 km; 552 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle36
  • Arisaema costatum27
  • Large-billed Crow20
  • Black Bulbul20
  • Indian Tortoiseshell20
  • Blue Whistling-Thrush19
Where it sits

Where Kali Gandaki Gorge sits

Region
Gandaki Province5Nepal73Asia964
Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2025 (scene 2025-11-15)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (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)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia