BARA LACHA LA PASS

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Context

• Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has rescued 76 tourists including seven children stranded at Baralacha La Pass in Lahaul and Spiti district.

Bara-lacha la

• Bara-lacha la is a high mountain pass in the Zanskar range of Northern-India.
• It connects Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Leh district in Ladakh.
• The two headwaters of the Chenab River, Chandra and Bhaga, originate near the Baralacha Pass.
• The Bhaga river originates from Surya taal lake, which is situated a few of kilometers from the pass towards Manali.
• The Chandra originates from glacier in this region. The native name of Chenab, "Chandrabhaga", represents the union of Chandra and Bhaga rivers downstream.
• The pass also acts as a water-divide between the Bhaga river and the Yunam river.

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