Engineering Geological Route Map along Besishahar-Chame road section

Station Bearing
Distance Description
No. Front Back
Micaceous schist with vein of quartz, grading: 3 0,
0-1 1450 3250 10.3m Attitude: 305/280 NE, width of road is 9.5 m

Moderately weathered schist, grading: 40, 1.5m

1-2 1510 3310 13.1m
alluvial soil and 0.5m residual soil, road width 5 m
2-3 1250 3050 13.7m Moderately weathered schist, grading: 20
Residual Soil, Moderate to highly weathered Mica
3-4 1720 3520 16m
Schist
12+5.2, Remolded soil, small gulley, vegetation
4-5 1650 3450 17.2m
cover
5-6 1580 3380 10m
6-7 1860 0060 6.8m Boulder of Schist, vegetation cover, grading of road
7-8 1780 3580 16m 40, 20-350 slope angle
8-9 1760 3560 16m
9-10 1660 3460 16m Bushes, 75-800 cut slope angle, hill slope angle 620,
Bushes, 75-800 cut slope angle, Grading of road 70,
10-11 1650 3450 16m
Residual Soil 2.5m
11-12 1530 3330 16m
12-13 1560 3360 16m
Hill slope angle 55-600, gradient of road 80,
13-14 1480 3280 16m
1850,2080,2260,2450,2650,2760 bearing for crown,
14-15 1500 3300 16m
GW-GC, Creeping observed, Boulders of Schists
15-16 1200 3000 16m
16-17 1300 3100 13.5m
17-18 1500 3300 16m Vegetation covered,
Retaining structure of gabion wall, Utis (Alnus
18-19 1600 3400 14m
nepalensis) plant also observed.
Gabion wall, Boulders of Schist about 0.73-1 m in
19-20 1500 3300 14m
size and vegetation cover
20-21 1650 3450 16m
21-22 1600 3400 16m Colluvium, small slide within colluvium, Hill slope
22-23 1550 3350 16m 60-650, Boulders of schist, vegetation covered
23-24 1500 3300 16m
24-25 1600 3400 16m 3-4 m small scale slide and colluvium seen
25-26 1820 0020 16m
26-27 1850 0050 16m
Colluvium, Gradient of road 50,
27-28 2200 0400 16m
28-29 2100 0300 16m
Stone Masonry wall, colluvium, Big boulder at the
29-30 2100 0300 13m
side of road
30-31 2450 0650 16m Colluvium
31-32 2450 0650 16m
Retaining structure of gabion wall, seems to be self-
32-33 2400 0600 14m
stabilized landslide, 2850,2950,3550 bearings for
33-34 2300 0500 8m
crown
34-35 1700 3500 8m
35-36 1450 3250 32m Vegetation covered
36-37 3240 16m 00 gradient after 12m landslide starts
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37-38 1760 3560 16m Landslide observed, 1-3m thickness soil with slope
500-650 of 2.5m height, remaining gentle slope,
38-39 1670 3470 16m remaining 700-750, 10m height landslide and at top
residual soil, USCS classification GW-GC
39-40 1440 3240 16m Residual soil at river valley
Bedrock at base, at top covered by boulder that
40-41 1500 3300 8m
arrive through slide
41-42 1780 3560 16m
Quartzite bed at base of 0.7 to 1m height and
42-43 1850 0050 14.3m
colluvium started for 4m and then vegetation
43-44 2240 0440 16m
44-45 2490 0690 6m Stream flowing at bearing 0940, Steep slope of 870
Thin bed of pale-yellow quartzite, 1 to 20 cm
45-46 1960 0160 5m
thickness, Attitude: 305/280 NE
Talus cone deposit at an angle 440, slope face
46-47 1830 0030 11.5m
direction 1050
Steep slope towards Marsyangdi river, Rock
47-48 3130 14.5m fragments and colluvium, at beginning for some
0
134 meters talus is observed
48-49 1290 3090 10.5m
Attitude: 094/340 NE Pale yellow thin bed quartzite,
49-50 1700 3500 14.8m
highly jointed
50-51 1830 0030 9.5m
51-52 2070 0070 16m Slope: 600-630, colluvial soil, completely weathered
52-53 1960 0160 9.3m quartzite, big boulders and vegetation covered
53-54 1240 3040 10m
54-55 1400 2840 10.8m
55-56 1450 3250 8m Towards Marsyangdi River vegetation is observed,
56-57 1750 3550 16m cut slope is about 840 whereas hill slope is about
57-58 1840 0040 16m 730, colluvium soil, big boulders are observed
58-59 1960 0160 16m Gradient: 2-30, 10m of gentle slope
59-60 1530 3330 16m Depth of soil greater than 3m
60-61 1630 3400 9.5m
61-62 1940 0140 16m
Residual soil, slope 650-800, alluvial soil, colluvial,
62-63 1980 0180 13m
Stream bearing at 0670, at the start of 63-64 station
63-64 1490 3290 10m
there is a stream at bearing 0670
64-65 1150 2950 16m
Colluvium deposit, retaining wall at bottom, [46-47
65-66 1300 3100 14m
next group]
66-67 1650 3450 14m Vegetation covered, yellow slope about 350-500
Attitude: 088/240 NW (3560), silvery to dark grey
thick bed schist and quartz vein, 3-4m length rock,
67-68 1560 3360 16m
5-6m height containing mica rich schist and quartz
rich schist, slightly weathered
Schist rock is observed at the bottom and above
68-69 1370 3170 15m
colluvium is seen
Colluvium but towards valley bed rock is observed
69-70 1270 3070 16m
but inaccessible
70-71 1110 2910 16m Fluvial deposit, steep towards river
71-72 1160 2960 16m Colluvium, less step with vegetation
72-73 1040 2840 16m Coarser soil, alluvial
 At the end big angular boulder, fine grain, alluvium,
73-74 0960 2760 16m
sand particle towards river
74-75 1420 3220 16m 1-3m soil, >3m soil, left side residential area, road
75-76 1400 3200 16m 1
76-77 1550 3350 16m
from bearing 3090 and width 3.5m
Residential Area: Mostly colluvium at uphill section
and some portion of hill towards Marsyangdi River
has colluvium and remaining alluvial soil. Less than
77-78 110m 200 slopes

78-79 2220 0420 16m

Residual soil, colluvium deposits, slope 62 0 for 3-4m
79-80 2160 0360 16m
and then gentle slope for whole sequence with an
80-81 2350 0550 10m
angle of 320
81-82 2580 0780 16m
82-83 2450 0650 16m
83-84 2350 0550 16m
At first big boulder (2.5m diameter), after 15m trail
84-85 2110 0310 16m
road at bearing 005, hill slope NE, fluvial deposit
85-86 2060 0260 16m
and towards downslope terrace, 400-500
86-87 2040 0240 16m
87-88 1990 0190 16m Slope angle of 720, at the right side of the road
88-89 2080 0280 16m toward Besisahar colluvium is observed at whole
89-90 2250 0450 16m sequence. Some boulders observed at some place.
90-91 1960 0160 16m Slope angle of 620, at other side, 1-2m height
colluvium and remaining portion consists of alluvial
91-92 1840 0040 16m deposits.