{"id":958,"date":"2023-06-18T13:40:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T08:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=958"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:16:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:46:30","slug":"q-siachen-glacier-is-situated-to-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-siachen-glacier-is-situated-to-the","title":{"rendered":"Q. Siachen Glacier is situated to the"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>East of Aksai Chin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>East of Leh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North of Gilgit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North of Nubra Valley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: d) North of Nubra Valley<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Siachen Glacier<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>Siachen Glacier is&nbsp;part of Ladakh<\/strong>, which has now been&nbsp;converted into a Union Territory. It is located in the&nbsp;<strong>eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayan mountains<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It lies to the&nbsp;south of the&nbsp;<strong>great drainage divide that separates the Eurasian Plate from the Indian subcontinent<\/strong>&nbsp;in the glaciated portion of the Karakoram. Hence, it is also called the&nbsp;<strong>\u201cThird Pole\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nubra Valley<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>Nubra Valley acts as the gateway<\/strong>&nbsp;to the strategically important Siachen Glacier and Karakoram Pass.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Karakoram Pass on the northwest side connects the valley with Xinjiang, China.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Nubra River is a river in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a<strong>&nbsp;tributary of the Shyok River&nbsp;<\/strong>(a part of the Indus River system) and originates from the Siachen Glacier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nubra-Valley.jpeg\" alt=\"Nubra Valley\" class=\"wp-image-40644\" width=\"652\" height=\"509\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nubra-Valley-1024x656.png\" alt=\"Nubra Valley\" class=\"wp-image-40643\" width=\"636\" height=\"407\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_073f9c-cf .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_073f9c-cf .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_073f9c-cf\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: d) North of Nubra Valley Siachen Glacier Nubra 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