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Which of the following glaciers are located in India?

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 11 February 2021

Which of the following glaciers are located in India?

A. Milam

B. Gangotri

C. Nanda Devi

D. All of these

Explanation:

Flash flood incident in Uttarakhand is another warning of the dangers that a Himalayan state like Uttarakhand faces from natural processes like landslides, snow avalanches cloudbursts or lake bursts. Glaciers are the largest source of freshwater outside of the polar regions. Glaciers and snow melt in the Himalayan ecosystem are the source of water for several rivers across the subcontinent, and are responsible for maintaining the perennial supply of water in the river systems like the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra to over a billion people.

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