Q. Consider the following pairs

Glacier – River

  1. Bandarpunch – Yamuna
  2. Bara Shigri – Chenab
  3. Milam – Mandakini
  4. Siachen – Nubra
  5. Zemu – Manas

Which of the pairs correctly matched?

  • 1, 2 and 4
  • 1, 3 and 4
  • 2 and 5
  • 3 and 5

Answer: (a) 1, 2 and 4

Notes:

  • Bandarpunch is a mountain massif of the Garhwal division of the Himalayas, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
    • It is part of the Sankari Range and lies within the Govind Pashu Vihar National Park and Sanctuary.
    • It is a source of the Yamuna river, whose source lies above Yamnotri, on the west end of the massif below White Peak.
  • Bara-Shigri glacier which is the second longest glacier in Himalaya after Gangotri, is located in the Chandra valley of Lahaul.
    • The name comes from the Lahaul dialect, where Bara means big and Shigri means glacier.
    • The glacier feeds the Chenab river.
  • Milam glacier is a major glacier of the Kumaon Himalaya.
    • It is a part of the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, India, about 15 kilometres northeast of Nanda Devi.
    • The glacier is the source of the Goriganga River. 
  • Mandakini river is a tributary of the Alaknanda river which originates from the Chorabari glacier near Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, India.
    • Mandakini is fed by Vasukiganga river at Sonprayag. Mandakini joins Alaknanda at Rudraprayag.
    • Alaknanda then proceeds towards Devaprayag where it joins Bhagirathi River to form the Ganges River.
    • Mandakini river flows along NH-107 in Rudraprayag district and turns violent during monsoon, often destroying parts of the highway and adjoining villages.
  • Siachen glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the LOC between India and Pakistan ends.
    • The glacier’s melting waters are the main source of the Nubra River in the Indian region of Ladakh, which drains into the Shyok River.
    • The Shyok in turn joins the 3000 kilometre-long Indus River which flows through Pakistan.
  • Zemu glacier is the largest glacier in the Eastern Himalaya.
    • It is located at the base of Kangchenjunga in the Himalayan region of Sikkim, India.
    • The Zemu glacier drains the east side of Kanchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain.
    • The glacier is the source of water for numerous rivers, as it feeds them when it melts. One of them is the Teesta river.
  • Manas river is a transboundary river in the Himalayan foothills between southern Bhutan and India.
    • ​It is the largest river system of Bhutan.
    • The total length of the river is 400 kilometres which flows through Tibet, China for 24 km, flows in Bhutan for 272 kilometres and then flows through Assam for 104 kilometres before it joins the mighty Brahmaputra River at Jogighopa.

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