The trail to reach the glacier crosses the villages of Saung, Loharkhet, crosses over the Dhakuri Pass, continues onto Khati village (the last inhabited village on the trail), Dwali, Phurkia and finally Zero Point, Pindar, the end of the trail. Though most of the trail is along the banks of the Pindari River, the river is mostly hidden until after Khati.
The Pindari Glacier trail provides for a 90 km (56 mi) round-trip trek that most people find comfortable to complete in 6 days. The Pindari Glacier is also famous for other adventure sports like Ice climbing and Mountain biking.[2]
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Pindari and Kafni glacier trek Route Map
Several surveys have mapped the retreat of Pindari over the years. The glacier was first surveyed by G.de P.Cotter in 1906. A 1958 survey by Amber P Tiwari and Jangpangi in connection with International Geophysical Year, recorded a retreat of 1,040 m (3,410 ft) in the fifty two years since 1906. A 1966 survey recorded a further retreat of 200 m (660 ft) and discovered that a branch of the glacier, the Chhanguch branch, had separated and formed a separate ice shelf. As a result of the separation, the glacier lost several thousand cubic meters of ice. Recent studies have shown that the glacier has retreated an additional 1,569.01 meters between 1976 and 2014, possibly because of climate change.[3] This accelerating retreat, along with the retreat of other Himalayan glaciers, is likely to have an adverse impact on agriculture in the entire Ganges region since the Pindar river feeds the Alaknanda river, a headstream of the Ganges.[4]
^Sheikh Nawaz Ali, Rupendra Singh and Pratima Pandey (2018). "Retreat of Pindari glacier and detection of snout position using remote sensing technology" (PDF). Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, Volume 11, Pages 64-69.
^. www.alienadv.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
^Padma, T.V. (16 May 2018). "Scientists confirm massive retreat of Pindari glacier". Down to Earth.
pindari, glacier, glacier, found, upper, reaches, kumaon, himalayas, southeast, nanda, devi, nanda, pindaripindari, glacierpindarilocation, indiashow, uttarakhandpindaripindari, india, show, indiatypemountain, glacierlocationkumaon, himalayas, uttarakhand, ind. The Pindari Glacier is a glacier found in the upper reaches of the Kumaon Himalayas to the southeast of Nanda Devi and Nanda Kot PindariPindari glacierPindariLocation in IndiaShow map of UttarakhandPindariPindari India Show map of IndiaTypeMountain glacierLocationKumaon Himalayas Uttarakhand IndiaCoordinates30 18 N 80 1 E 30 300 N 80 017 E 30 300 80 017 Contents 1 Geography 2 Retreat 3 See also 4 ReferencesGeography editThe glacier is about 9 kilometers long 1 and gives rise to the Pindar River which meets the Alakananda at Karnaprayag in the Garhwal district The trail to reach the glacier crosses the villages of Saung Loharkhet crosses over the Dhakuri Pass continues onto Khati village the last inhabited village on the trail Dwali Phurkia and finally Zero Point Pindar the end of the trail Though most of the trail is along the banks of the Pindari River the river is mostly hidden until after Khati The Pindari Glacier trail provides for a 90 km 56 mi round trip trek that most people find comfortable to complete in 6 days The Pindari Glacier is also famous for other adventure sports like Ice climbing and Mountain biking 2 Retreat edit nbsp Pindari and Kafni glacier trek Route MapSeveral surveys have mapped the retreat of Pindari over the years The glacier was first surveyed by G de P Cotter in 1906 A 1958 survey by Amber P Tiwari and Jangpangi in connection with International Geophysical Year recorded a retreat of 1 040 m 3 410 ft in the fifty two years since 1906 A 1966 survey recorded a further retreat of 200 m 660 ft and discovered that a branch of the glacier the Chhanguch branch had separated and formed a separate ice shelf As a result of the separation the glacier lost several thousand cubic meters of ice Recent studies have shown that the glacier has retreated an additional 1 569 01 meters between 1976 and 2014 possibly because of climate change 3 This accelerating retreat along with the retreat of other Himalayan glaciers is likely to have an adverse impact on agriculture in the entire Ganges region since the Pindar river feeds the Alaknanda river a headstream of the Ganges 4 See also editList of glaciers Kafni GlacierReferences edit Sheikh Nawaz Ali Rupendra Singh and Pratima Pandey 2018 Retreat of Pindari glacier and detection of snout position using remote sensing technology PDF Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment Volume 11 Pages 64 69 Mountain Biking the Pindari Glacier Alienadv com www alienadv com Archived from the original on 9 May 2016 Retrieved 25 April 2016 Padma T V 16 May 2018 Scientists confirm massive retreat of Pindari glacier Down to Earth The impending environmental disaster nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pindari glacier nbsp This article related to a location in the Indian state of Uttarakhand is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a glacier in India is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pindari Glacier amp oldid 1213002958, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
