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Chapter 05
SOUTH AMERICA
Present glaciers of world
GREENLAND
EUROPE
AFRICA
ANTARCTICA
ASIA
Fig. 7:
• Several glacial-interglacial climates in last 1 MYr. With each cycle of about 100 KYr.
• Antarctica accounts for 91% of ice and Greenland about 8%
Geological Studies
AUSTRALIA
Fig.6: Siachen glacier is the largest outside of Polar Regions of the world. White areas show ice sheets and other glaciers around the world. The white spots in the oceans are islands where glaciers are originating. Reproduced from National Geographic World (February 1977, no. 18, p.6) with permission.
Glacial history
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There are about 15000 glaciers in Himalaya that are shrinking fast and are losing 250 Km of ice each year. Nearly 40% of the humanity depends on the Himalaya glacial melt waters.
Many glacial lakes have been recorded in Tibet and Himalaya e.g. Lake Mansarovar and Rakshas lakes. Numerous major rivers e.g. Indus, Brahmaputra etc. have been originated from these lakes.
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Geology and Geography of Mt. Kailash Ashtapad...
