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Kalam () is a cool heaven for tourists which is located at distance of 99 km from mingora in the northern upper reaches of Swat valley along the bank of Suvastu river in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Kalam is surrounded by lush green hills, thick forests and bestowed with mesmeric lakes, meadows and waterfalls which are worth seen features of the landscape. It is the birth place of Swat river which forms with confluence of two major tributaries of Gabral river & Ushu river. It is a spacious sub-valley of Swat, at an elevation of about above sea level, and providing rooms for a small but fertile plateau above the river for farming.〔(Tourists Guide >> Places to Visit >> Kalam ) Publisher: swat valley.com, Retrieved on 29 September 2012〕 Here, the metalled road ends and shingle road leads to the Usho and Utror valleys. From Matiltan some snow-capped mountains are visible including Mount Falaksar , and another unnamed peak high. There are a lot of grand hotels in Kalam, where one can stay for night and enjoy the cool breeze of Swat river. ==Tourist Spots== Usho (also spelled Ushu) is a hill station in the north east of Kalam valley. It is situated at a distance of 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) from Kalam and 123 kilometers (76 mi) km from Saidu Sharif at the height of 2,300 metres (7,550 feet). It is accessible through a non metalled road from Kalam by jeeps only. Matiltan Matiltan is a picturesque spot comes after Usho and located at about 11 km away from Kalam. It is famous for huge glaciers, thick forests and lofty moauntain peaks. The tallest peak of Falaksair mountain can be seen from here clearly. Utror Utror hill station is another scenic place in Kalam valley which is located 16 km away from Kalam. It is one of the beautiful valley in the region, surrrounded by snow clad mountains and beautiful Kundol lake of the area is worth seen. Gabral Gabral is a charming hill station, comes at a distance of 20 km away from Kalam. It is famous for brown swati trout fish, thick lush green forests, medicinal springs, lofty snow clad peaks and beautiful lakes, among them Shahi Bagh lake located to north west of Sazgul region at about three hours of trekking is worth seen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kalam, Swat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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