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Paleo Kathmandu Lake

Former lakes of AsiaGeographic history of NepalGeology of NepalLakes of Bagmati Province

Paleo Kathmandu Lake is the former lake (or lakes) which lay where Kathmandu Valley is today. Similar to the situation of Mexico City and Pokhara Valley, the valley where the lake once stood is densely populated, and highly vulnerable to both nearby and even distant earthquakes due to liquefaction and amplification of waves because of unsettled clay soil, specifically here called kalimata.

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Paleo Kathmandu Lake
Rudra Mati Marg, Kathmandu Ghattekulo (Kathmandu-29)

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N 27.7 ° E 85.333333333333 °
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रुद्रमती मार्ग

Rudra Mati Marg
00446 Kathmandu, Ghattekulo (Kathmandu-29)
Bagmati Province, Nepal
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