{"id":61193,"date":"2025-08-29T13:32:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T08:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=61193"},"modified":"2025-08-30T10:36:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:06:22","slug":"gangotri-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gangotri-glacier\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangotri Glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gangotri Glacier Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A study by IIT Indore and international collaborators reveals that the Gangotri Glacier has lost 10% of its snowmelt flow over four decades due to climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Gangotri Glacier<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of the largest glaciers in the Himalayas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is the<\/span><b> primary source of the Ganges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the largest river in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated in the <\/span><b>Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>Garhwal Himalayas.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the <\/span><b>northern slope of the Chaukhamba range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of peaks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>fed by snow <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and ice <\/span><b>from several peaks, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including <\/span><b>Shivling, Thalay Sagar, Meru<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Bhagirathi III.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies at an altitude of around <\/span><b>4,000 meters bordering Tibet.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The glacier is around <\/span><b>30 km in length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>4 km in width.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Popularly known as <\/span><b>Gaumukh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>terminus of the glacier resembles a cow\u2019s mouth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From its snout at <\/span><b>Gaumukh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bhagirathi-river\/#:~:text=urgent%20drainage%20operations.-,About%20Bhagirathi%20River,source%20stream%20of%20the%20Ganges.\" target=\"_blank\">Bhagirathi River<\/a> emerges,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which <\/span><b>later joins the Alaknanda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River <\/span><b>to form the Ganges at Devprayag.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The Gangotri Glacier holds<b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> immense religious significance in Hinduism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is visited by thousands of <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">pilgrims <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">every year, who <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">trek up to Gaumukh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the source of the Ganges.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/climate-change\/gangotri-glacier-has-lost-10-per-cent-snow-melt-flow-in-four-decades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DTE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gangotri Glacier is one of the largest glaciers in the Himalayas and is the primary source of the Ganges, the largest river in India. 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