Talk:Spiti

The opening sentence

"The Spiti valley is a desert mountain valley located high in the Himalaya mountains which is periodically cut off totally during winter." It isn't clear whether the valley is "cut off" in the sense that it's inaccessible, or whether there's a river therein, the flow of which is cut off. Also, "totally" is unnecessary. Also, it's unclear whether the cutting off occurs regularly or irregularly ("periodically" seems to indicate the former), and whether the "period" is annual and coincident with winter, or repeats regularly several times each winter. A comma should follow "which", since the subject to which it refers has already been made definite. "Valley", I suspect, should be capitalized, "Spiti Valley" itself being a proper noun. D021317c 20:20, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

The "Responsible travel" section

This section sounds like an advertisement for the mentioned company and provides no real information on responsible travel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.134.254.26 (talk) 11:36, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Assessment comment

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Lahul & Spiti Valley is a beautiful valley running along the North Eastern border of Himachal pradesh with Tibet. We drove for 12 days through the valley. For more details about the valley, click the external link below: Lahul and Spiti

Last edited at 06:38, 16 August 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 06:44, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Infobox contents

Valley floor elevation is taken from Losar to Chango. At Losar the Spiti emerges from the Kunzum Range and the valley broadens. After Chango the Spiti enters a gorge that continues until the confluence with the Sutlej River. During this section, NH-505 runs almost continuously beside the river and there are several towns on the river bank. Tagooty (talk) 04:48, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Proposal: The current Infobox image (left)

Current image

Proposed

is low resolution (~2.4 MP) lacking in detail, although the sunlight on the clouds is striking.
I propose to replace it with the Featured picture (right). This 24 MP high resolution image is much more detailed and representative of the Valley, showing the Spiti River just above Kaza, the biggest town. It is the only FP of Himachal and one of eight FP of Natural places in India --Tagooty (talk) 16:39, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Obviously, it is the valley that we are trying to depict, not the sunlight or the clouds. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 08:41, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

• Support I uploaded that image. Your proposed image is better in quality and details than mine. LearnIndology (talk) 09:27, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

@LearnIndology: Do you recall where exactly you took your image? --Tagooty (talk) 14:52, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

I am sorry Tagooty I didn't click it. I uploaded it from Pixabay. It is a breathtaking place though. LearnIndology (talk) 14:59, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

•  Done Thanks for the support. --Tagooty (talk) 14:52, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Page move proposal

Spiti is a historical region evidenced from 10th century onwards. It is mainly made of the Spiti Valley but also has several branch valleys, and in addition the mountainous regions as well. There is no page on Spiti at the present time. The term redirects to this page.

I propose to rename this page to Spiti so that we can discuss all its aspects fully. Please comment here if you disagree. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 12:08, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

I agree with this proposal. A separate article can be created for Spiti River/Valley which would exclude the tributaries (Pin River, etc), Chandrataal, the high-altitude passes, and include the section of the valley that is in Kinnaur district. Tagooty (talk) 10:56, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Tagooty. I notice that somebody has added a History section. So the article has been moving in that direction already. I will file a page move request. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 23:22, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

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Spiti is a high-altitude cold desert in the Western Himalayas in India. "Spiti" means "the middle land", between Tibet and India. The region is above the tree line, with only shrubs and a few scattered stunted trees. In the upper valley, the braided Spiti River flows in narrow channels in a very wide river bed, as seen in this photograph, taken just above Kaza, the largest town in Spiti. In the lower valley, the river meanders through gorges 10 to 130 metres (33 to 427 ft) deep that it has cut in the sedimentary deposits. The Moravian geologist Ferdinand Stoliczka discovered a major geological formation near the village of Mud in the 1860s, and identified a number of layers or successions. The people of Spiti follow Tibetan Buddhism, and their culture is similar to those of neighbouring Tibet and Ladakh. The region is known for adventure tourism, trekking and mountaineering.

Photograph credit: Timothy A. Gonsalves

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