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Drass : Hembabs / Hembaps

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Drass is supposedly the “Second Coldest Inhabited Place in the World”. Do take that with a pinch of salt. Traditionally Drass was known as Hembabs with the word "Hem" meaning the same as it does in "Him" of the Himalayas. Basically a place which gets a lot of snow as this area got the most snow in the whole region.

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tags: drass, shina, hembabs, hembaps
categories: Himalayan Geography
Friday 05.11.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

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