Hispar Valley
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| Hispar Valley | |
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| ActiveCannabis last recorded here in 2023 | |
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| A glacial stream on the Hispar Glacier | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Karakoram |
| Geography | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province/State | Gilgit-Baltistan |
| District | Nagar District |
| Coordinates | 36.17, 74.99 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 120 km² |
| Terrain | Valley of the Hispar Glacier and the upper Hispar River, in the Karakoram; approximately the Hispar River basin above the Gharesa stream, below 3,800 m |
| Growing history | |
| Dated accessions | 2023 |
| Documentation | |
| Appellations | 0 |
| Accessions | 1 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Hispar Valley is a landrace cannabis growing area in Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, in the Karakoram growing region. Seed from the 2023 harvest there is listed by The Real Seed Company under the name Hispar Valley, for charas (sieved resin), culinary seed and bhang.[1]
Geography
The Hispar Glacier fills the head of the valley. Its main trunk is nearly 50 km long and covers about 500 km², flowing west-north-west from the Hispar pass at 5,150 m down to 3,100 m. The Hispar Muztagh rises to 7,800 m on the north side of the valley. At the Hispar pass the glacier meets the Biafo Glacier, 65 km long, which flows east. Other surge-type glaciers, the Trivor and the Bualtar, drain into the main valley further west.[2] The villages of Hopar stand beside the Bualtar Glacier, lower down the same valley.[2][3]
The Hispar Glacier surged in 2015 and 2016. The surge began in the autumn of 2014, and flow peaked at up to 5 km a year, about 14 m a day, in May and June 2015.[2]
Traditional cultivation
Accessions
| Accession ID | Name | Collected |
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| RSC-PAK-GIL-0120230001 | Hispar Valley General Population 2023 |
The seed of 2023 is also held by the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System under the number G 33869, received in July 2024.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hispar Valley". The Real Seed Company. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Paul, Frank; Strozzi, Tazio; Schellenberger, Thomas; Kääb, Andreas (26 August 2017). "The 2015 Surge of Hispar Glacier in the Karakoram". Remote Sensing. 9 (9) 888. doi:10.3390/rs9090888.
- ↑ Gardner, James S.; Hewitt, Kenneth (1990). "A Surge of Bualtar Glacier, Karakoram Range, Pakistan: A Possible Landslide Trigger". Journal of Glaciology. 36 (123): 159–162. doi:10.3189/S0022143000009394.
- ↑ Salim, Muhammad Asad; Ranjitkar, Sailesh; Hart, Robbie; Khan, Tika; Ali, Sajid; Kiran, Chandni; Parveen, Asma; Batool, Zahra; Bano, Shanila; Xu, Jianchu (28 January 2019). "Regional trade of medicinal plants has facilitated the retention of traditional knowledge: case study in Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 15 6. doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0281-0.
- ↑ "G 33869, Cannabis sativa L., Hispar Valley". GRIN-Global. USDA Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. Retrieved 18 October 2026.