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    Gangotri glacier (Sanskrit and Hindi: गंगोत्री) is located in Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand, India in a region bordering Tibet. This glacier, one of...
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    of the Ganges river is the Bhagirathi River, originating from the Gangotri Glacier. Once the river confluences with the Alakananda River at a town called...
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    Gomukh (category Glaciers of Uttarakhand)
    Assamese and Bengali: গোমুখ or গোমুখী), is the terminus or snout of the Gangotri Glacier and the source of the Bhagirathi River, one of the primary headstreams...
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    as a supply base and transit camp. The base is named after Dakshin Gangotri Glacier. It was established during the third Indian expedition to Antarctica...
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    The Dakshin Gangotri Glacier (70°45′S 11°35′E / 70.750°S 11.583°E / -70.750; 11.583) is a small tongue of the polar continental ice sheet impinging...
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    Glacier Dakshini Rishi Glacier Dokriani Glacier Gangotri Glacier Ghanohim Bamak Jaundhar Glacier Kafni Glacier Kalabaland Glacier Kedar Bamak Glacier...
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    the Gangotri Glacier and its characteristics" (PDF). Current Science. 80 (1): 87–94. Retrieved November 15, 2015. "Retreat of the Gangotri Glacier". NASA...
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    forests, alpine meadows and glaciers. Gaumukh at Gangotri glacier, the origin of the river Ganga, is located inside the park. Gangotri National Park was established...
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  • of Indian women's hockey team Gangotri Kujur, Indian politician Gangotri Glacier, the source of Bhagirathi River Gangotri (cow), a temple cow in Britain...
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    lies south of the Gangotri Glacier, and Kedarnath Dome, a subpeak of the main peak, lies on a spur projecting towards the glacier, two kilometres northwest...
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    is 6000 m (20000 ft.). Several glaciers are contained within the range, including Gangotri Glacier, and Satopanth Glacier. Political entities which have...
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    Garhwal Himalaya. The pass is heavily glaciated. The glacier west of the pass flows into the Gangotri Glacier which forms the source of the Ganges. John Bicknell...
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    mountain in the Gangotri Group of peaks in the western Garhwal Himalaya, near the snout of the Gangotri Glacier, one of the biggest glaciers in the Himalayas...
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    Balakun peak, touches the glacier. Scientists claim that the Satopanth Glacier is retreating, though not as fast as the Gangotri Glacier. So, a number of preventive...
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  • the Ganges flows in a generally southeasterly direction, from the gangotri glacier to its delta emptying into the Bay of Bengal. However, there are several...
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    situated on the north bank of the Padma. The Ganges originates in the Gangotri Glacier of the Himalaya, and runs through India and Bangladesh to the Bay of...
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    The Gangotri Group of mountains is a subdivision of the Garhwal Himalaya in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. It rings the Gangotri Glacier, and...
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  • Sumeru Parbat is a 6,350-metre (20,830 ft) high mountain in the Gangotri Glacier region of Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India. The mountain is encircled...
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  • Bamak that later joins Gangotri Glacier Swachhand bamak also merge with Gangotri Glacier. From the snout of Gangotri Glacier comes out Bhagirathi River...
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  • Glacier and Sundar Glacier merge with Chaturangi Glacier. Chaturangi Glacier merge with Gangotri Glacier from the snout of Gangotri Glacier emerges Bhagirathi...
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    Group (Hindi: भागीरथी ) is a mountain range of Garhwal Himalaya in Gangotri Glacier Uttarakhand India, It has four peaks between 6856 meter and 6193 meter...
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    the peak. Further away, to the west of the peak, lies the well-known Gangotri Glacier and its associated peaks. Across the Alaknanda valley lie the Kamet...
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    Gangotri Group of the Garhwal Himalaya. Its main summit, Chaukhamba I, is the highest peak in the group. It lies at the head of the Gangotri Glacier and...
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    conveniences. He has witnessed up close the gradual shrinking of the Gangotri Glacier from which the Ganges springs forth, and has chronicled his devotion...
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    Nanda Devi, Trisul, and Kamet. The Bhagirathi rises at the foot of Gangotri Glacier, at Gomukh, at an elevation of 4,356 m (14,291 ft) and was mythologically...
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    94972°N 79.24167°E / 30.94972; 79.24167 The Raktvarn Glacier. that met with Gangotri Glacier from there emerge the Bhagirathi river. List of Himalayan...
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  • Bamak (Glacier) on the western side which later joins Gangotri Glacier. Maiandi Bamak (Glacier) on the southern side which also joins Gangotri glacier from...
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  • recommended scrapping 34 of the dams citing environmental concerns. Gangotri glacier which feeds the river Ganges is 30.2 km long and between 0.5 and 2...
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    summit due to a huge crevasse. Gangotri Glacier lies on the northern side of Mandani Parbat from the snout of Gangotri Glacier comes out Bhagirathi River...
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  • from west to east) Ganges - 2,525 kilometres (1,569 mi) Starting from Gangotri Glacier, Uttarakhand, India Chambal - 1,024 kilometres (636 mi) Flows through...
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