Khumbu

English

Proper noun

Khumbu

  1. A region of northeastern Nepal, on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest.
    • 1996 January 1, Stanley F. Stevens, Claiming the High Ground: Sherpas, Subsistence, and Environmental Change in the Highest Himalaya, Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House, →ISBN, page 288:
      […] in Khumbu reflects the historical effects of cattle grazing. In particular the relative role in Khumbu grassland and shrubland vegetation of a number of relatively unpalatable plants such as barberry,  […]
    • 1997, Stephen Bezruchka, Trekking in Nepal: A Traveler's Guide, The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 212:
      [The increase] in Khumbu trekker traffic has resulted in much lodge building there, and the benefits from tourism continue to contribute to regional economic inequality. Prices in Khumbu have soared; take enough money.

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