Climate Number: 15,800 Square Miles
Collectively forming the largest area of glacial cover outside of Alaska and the Arctic and referred to as Earth’s “third pole,” the Himalayan glaciers are important sources of water for the Indus, Ganges and Bhramaputra river basins, where 800 million people live. Best estimates suggest that the glaciers of the greater Himalaya cover about 15,800 [...]
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