Khotokha Valley
Appearance
Khotokha Valley | |
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Floor elevation | 2,600 m (8,500 ft) |
Naming | |
Native name | ཁོ་ཐང་ཁ། (Dzongkha) |
Geography | |
Population centers | Khotokha |
Coordinates | 27°26′8.16″N 89°59′49.01″E / 27.4356000°N 89.9969472°E |
Official name | Khotokha |
Designated | 7 May 2012 |
Reference no. | 2033 |
Khotokha Valley (ཁོ་ཐང་ཁ in Dzongkha) is a valley in Wangdue Phodrang District in central Bhutan. The valley floor consist of a wide wetland which is often used by the Black-necked Cranes(ཁྲུང་ཁྲུང་སྐེ་ནག) in winter. The valley was designated as a Ramsar site in 2012. [1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Khotokha | Ramsar Sites Information Service". rsis.ramsar.org. Retrieved 7 November 2021.