Himalayan Rivers, Lakes, and Glaciers |
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Alaknanda river Alpine meadows Arunachal Pradesh Beas river Bhagirathi Bhutan Brahmaputra river Chamoli district Chu river cirque confluence deposits Dhauladhar Dhauladhar range direction towards south downstream east enters the plains entire catchment foothills forests are found forests occur Gandak Ganga river Garhwal glacial trough glacier is located gradient hanging valleys Himachal Pradesh Himalaya human settlements important tributary Jammu and Kashmir Khola river Kosi river Kumaun Ladakh lake lower course lower Himalaya main Himalayan range mainstream massif melt-water middle and lower moraines mountain Nepal peaks Pir Panjal range ridge river bed river drains river flows river rises river terraces RIVER The river Siwalik hills small glacier small tributary snow-fed tributary snow-melt waters snowy wastes south-facing slopes southern slopes steep streams sub-alpine and temperate Teesta river terraces occur Thereafter it flows Thereafter this river Tibet tributary glaciers trunk glacier U-shaped upper catchment upper course V-shaped valley valley bottom Yamuna Zaskar