List of Important Glaciers of Himalayan Mountain

List of Important Glaciers of Himalayan mountain

The Glaciers are reservoirs of freshwater. They are formed from a mass of compacted recrystallized snow with the ability to flow. In simple words, a glacier is a huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land. As per National Snow & Ice Data Center, it occupies the world’s 10 % area.

Here we have listed some important mountain glaciers of India which are relevant to the examination.

List of Glaciers given in the table:

Some other Facts about glaciers asked in State PSCs and UPSC exams:

Which is the largest Glacier in the world?

Lambert-Fisher Glacier (Antarctica) is the largest in the world, 400km in length and 40 km wide.

What is the Name of the smallest glacier in the world?

Gem glacier, smallest glacier in the U.S

• Glaciers of Kilimanjaro – In Africa: The ice-cover of these are disappearing very fast and these cannot be reserved.
• Heard Island situated In- Australia
• Vatnajokull Glacier– In Europe
• Hubbard Glacier– North America
• Perito Moreno glacier- South America
• Fedchenko Glacier– A large glacier in the Yazgulem Range, Pamir Mountains, in Tajikistan.

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