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The
valley of Srinagar is at a height of 1,730 metres,
nestling in the midst of the great peaks of the
Karakoram, Zanskar and Pir Panjal ranges. It is the
summer capital (May - October) of Jammu & Kashmir.
The Jhelum river runs through the city and its many
sparkling lakes are filled with houseboats and slender
shikharas that ferry people acroos or are often laden
with overflowing baskets of flowers gathered from the
floating fields. The mountain slopes are heavily wooded
with deodar, fir and pine, walnut, almond and cider, and
its forests harbour a rich fauna with rare mammals,
including the musk deer, wolf, red beer, black bear and
leopard, and birds including chakor, partridge,
wagtails, pheasants, herons, warblers and doves.
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