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Important Glaciers in India (Diamir, Siachen, Gangotri etc)

N.K. Chauhan in Geography of India
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Sep 21, 2021 , Updated: Apr 20, 2022 · 4 min read

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries.

The largest glacier in the world is the Lambert-Fisher Glacier in Antarctica. At 400 kilometers long, and up to 100 kilometers wide, this ice stream alone drains about 8 percent of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

The Fedchenko Glacier, located in Tajikistan is the longest glacier in the world outside of the polar regions. The glacier is long and narrow, currently extending for 77 kilometres and covering over 700 square kilometres.

The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas, at 76 km long, it is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and second-longest in the world's non-polar areas.

Name State Mountain Range
Batura Glacier Jammu & Kashmir Karakoram Mountain Range
Khurdopin Glacier Jammu & Kashmir Karakoram Mountain Range
Hispar Glacier Jammu & Kashmir Karakoram Mountain Range
Biafo Glacier Jammu & Kashmir Karakoram Mountain Range
Baltoro Glacier Jammu & Kashmir Karakoram Mountain Range
Chomolungma glacier Jammu & Kashmir Karakoram Mountain Range
Khurdapin glacier Ladakh Karakoram
Godwin Austen Ladakh Karakoram
Trango Glacier Ladakh Karakoram
Chong Kumdan Ladakh Karakoram
Diamir Glacier Jammu & Kashmir Karakoram Mountain Range
Siachen Glacier Jammu & Kashmir Karakoram Mountain Range
Bara Shigri Glacier Himachal Pradesh Pir Panjal Range of the Inner Himalayas.
Chhota Shigri Glacier Himachal Pradesh Pir Panjal
Sonapani Glacier Himachal Pradesh Pir Panjal
Rakhiot Glacier Ladakh Pir Panjal
Gangotri Glacier Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand Himalayas
Bandarpunch Glacier Uttarakhand Western edge of the high Himalayan range
Milam Glacier Uttarakhand Trishul peak of Pithoragarh
Pindari glacier Nanda Devi, Uttarakhand Upper reaches of the Kumaon Himalayas
Kafni Glacier Uttarakhand Kumaon-Garhwal
Kalabaland Glacier Uttarakhand Kumaon-Garhwal
Kedar Bamak Glacier Uttarakhand Kumaon-Garhwal
Meola Glacier Uttarakhand Kumaon-Garhwal
Namik Glacier Uttarakhand Kumaon-Garhwal
Panchchuli Glacier Uttarakhand Kumaon-Garhwal
Ralam Glacier Uttarakhand Kumaon-Garhwal
Sona Glacier Uttarakhand Kumaon-Garhwal
Satopanth Glacier Uttarakhand Kumaon-Garhwal
Sunderdhunga Glacier Uttarakhand Kumaon-Garhwal
Dokriani Glacier Uttarakhand Kumaon-Garhwal
Chorabari Glacier Uttarakhand Kumaon-Garhwal
Zemu Glacier Sikkim Eastern Himalaya Located on Kanchenjunga peak
Kanchenjunga Glacier Sikkim Eastern Himalaya

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