Bara Shigri, the largest glacier of Himachal Pradesh, lies in which valley?
- A.Kullu valley
- B.Chandra valley of Lahaul
- C.Kangra valley
- D.Spiti valley
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the Chandra valley of Lahaul. Bara Shigri descends from the Pir Panjal and Great Himalayan slopes into the valley of the Chandra river, which joins the Bhaga at Tandi to form the Chandrabhaga or Chenab. It is the largest glacier of Himachal Pradesh and the second largest in the Himalaya after Gangotri by some measures. Option A is wrong because the Kullu valley lies along the Beas, below the Rohtang pass, and has no glacier of this size. Option C is wrong because the Kangra valley is a lower valley on the southern side of the Dhauladhar range, outside the glaciated zone. Option D is wrong because the Spiti valley, though cold and high, drains the Spiti river to the Sutlej and holds smaller glaciers, not Bara Shigri.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Gangotri
- B.Siachen
- C.Zemu
- D.Bara Shigri
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- A.Alaknanda
- B.Bhagirathi
- C.Yamuna
- D.Mandakini
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The Gangotri glacier ends in a snout shaped like the mouth of a cow, which gives it the name Gaumukh, and the stream that issues from it is the Bhagirathi.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest glacier in the world?
- A.Fedchenko glacier
- B.Lambert glacier
- C.Siachen glacier
- D.Aletsch glacier
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Read the full explanation →The Fedchenko glacier, the longest glacier outside the polar regions, lies in which mountain system?
- A.The Andes
- B.The Pamirs
- C.The Alps
- D.The Rockies
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The Pamir knot is the node where the Himalaya, the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush, the Kunlun and the Tian Shan ranges meet, and the Fedchenko glacier, running for roughly seventy-seven kilometres, is the longest glacier found anywhere outside the Arctic and the Antarctic.
Read the full explanation →A small lake occupying a cirque or corrie hollow in a glaciated mountain is called a:
- A.Tarn
- B.Kettle lake
- C.Fjord
- D.Lagoon
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A cirque, also called a corrie, is the armchair-shaped hollow that a glacier scoops at the head of its valley by plucking and abrasion; when the ice melts, water collects in the rock basin and the small round lake so formed is a tarn.
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