Kachura Lake

Kachura Lake

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lake_name = Upper Kachura Lake
image_lake = KachuraUpper1075.jpg
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location = Skardu
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Kachura Lakes are two of the lakes in Skardu (nearly 2,500 m or 8,200 feet); the Upper Kachura Lake and Lower Kachura Lake. The latter is also known as Shangrila Lake and is inside a tourist resort called Shangrila Resort.

ee also

*Skardu
*Northern Areas

External links

* [http://www.pbase.com/waqas/upper_kachura Photos from Upper Kachura Lake and Skardu by Waqas Usman]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/awara/sets/72057594137465620/ Imran Ahmed's Photo gallery]


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