Kalam Swati

Kalam lies in the high valleys of northern Swat, where the Ushu and Gabral rivers meet to form the Swat River. Forested slopes rise above the confluence, and tributary valleys lead towards glaciers and alpine pastures. The river carries snowmelt southward through the mountains into the broader Swat valley. Villages and cultivated ground occupy the valley bottoms, surrounded by steep ridges that divide one watercourse from the next.