Machoi Glacier Explained

Machoi Glacier
Type:	Mountain glacier
Location:	Drass, Ladakh, India
Map:	India Jammu and Kashmir#India Ladakh#India
Label Position:	top
Length:	9km (06miles)
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The Machoi Glacier is a 9 kilometer long^[1] glacier in the Himalayan Range in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, India.

Geography

It is situated 30 kilometer west from Drass, Ladakh, India and 8 kilometers east from Sonamarg on the southern side of NH 1D at Zojila. It lies at an average elevation of 4800 meters.

The highest peak named after the glacier is the Machoi Peak that lies at the eastern end of the glacier, at an elevation of 5458 meters. The glacier is the source of the Sind River that flows westwards, and the Dras river that flows eastwards.^[2]

Machoi, like many other Himalayan glaciers has been melting at alarming rates due to Global warming.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Machoi glacier . https://web.archive.org/web/20131211170052/http://www.igsoc.org/journal.old/13/68/igs_journal_vol13_issue068_pg279-283.pdf . dead . 2013-12-11 . 2012-04-26 .
2. Web site: Jammu Kashmir Geography Rivers. mapsofindia.com. 2012-04-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20120719064335/http://www.mapsofindia.com/jammu-kashmir/geography/rivers-lakes.html. 19 July 2012. dead.
3. Web site: Himalayan glaciers melting. rediff.com. 2012-04-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20120104151617/http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jan/22/slide-show-1-the-controversy-on-himalayan-blunder.htm. 4 January 2012. dead. dmy-all.