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Mussoorie
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Mussoorie is 285 km (180 miles) north of Delhi in Uttarakhand. 'The Queen of the Hills', Mussoorie sits on a spur between the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers at around 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) above sea level. From the ridge above the school, the panorama stretches to snow-covered ranges whose peaks rise to more than 6,500 meters (21,500 feet) rimming India's northern border with Tibet.
South from the school lies the Doon Valley, at 300 meters (1,000 feet). On a clear day the view stretches beyond the Doon to the Shiwalik range 50 km (30 miles) away, and even to the plains of North India. The Yamuna and the Ganges run through the Doon, and at night thousands of lights twinkle from Dehra Dun, the largest city in the valley.
Cool in contrast to the plains, Mussoorie is a leading educational center with many well-known English medium schools.
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