Glacier Lakes
Lake Outbursts in the Karakoram Range of the Himalayas
According to scientists from the WIHG (Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology) at Dehradun, about 30 advancing glaciers in the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh regions might experience glacial lake outbursts. The Karakoram Range is home to K2, the world’s second-highest peak. Starting in Afghanistan in the Wakhan Corridor, the range extends all the way to […]