Glaciers

Himalayas have nearly 15,000 glaciers and it is one of the biggest navigator place under ice. It is approximated that about 34,000 sq. km., about 18 % of the Himalayas is always capped with ice. A normal Himalayan glacier has the potential of nearly an Eleventh of a cubic km. But to type a huge dam, even a normal glacier can offer enough water. And huge glaciers like Gangotri can even complete public dams Bhakhra dam the three times.

But there is not well known about the Himalayan glaciers. There is a very little information about the exact volume of water that is recieved by the Indian waterways in the form of rain, undergroung water, snow and water from the reducing of glaciers. Usualy glaciers start reducing in the monsoon time. So this system lend water to those areas or waterways where monsoon is shaky, thus control the balance very well. This system also lend many waterways a amazing boost in water level in monsoon time and causes floods. Glaciers are called ‘Shigri’ in local language. Some of the important glaciers are as under.