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Sanatoriums / recreation

Hot mineral springs Garm Chashma TOURISM
Translated from Tajik as «Hot spring», the spring is located at the
height of 2325 above the sea level on the western slope of
Shakh-Darya mountain range crossing the Garm-Chashma river
that ultimately flows to Pyanj river.
The spring has been existing for more than a thousand years leaving
the huge piles of sediments of limestone alongside the river.
These brightly blue, yellow and brown-colored cascades made
of limestone sediments are stretched in the shape of curved
hills with the series of natural cup-like basins that vary in size.
The mineral water strikes out form the underground as small
fountains reaching from 10 cm to 1,5 in height and releasing
from 5 to 7 liters of hot water per second. Rarely found in
nature, hot springs have always attracted people who utilized
them for rehabilitation and healing purposes. Spring’s healing
properties created the «sacred» cliché for the springs.

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