Round 4: Tossup 12

This city has faced water shortages supplying its hitis, communal water fountains that are often decorated with carvings of snake heads. In this city, an artificial water tank with a name meaning “Queen’s Pond” is opened once a year during the end of the Tihar festival. This city, which forms a metro area with smaller cities like Bhaktapur and Lalitpur, houses ancient temples in its Durbar Square. A valley named for this city is home to the Newar ethnic group. (10[1])After receiving heavy pollution in that valley named for this city, the Bagmati River flows south through steep gorges of the Himachal Rconange into the state of Bihar. Daily domestic flights connect this city to the dangerous Tenzing-Hillary Airport. (10[1])For 10 points, tourists travelling to the southern base camp of Everest (10[1])will usually fly into what (10[1])capital city? ■END■

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