Kalidhang is a mountain of the
Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. It is situated in the
Gangotri National Park. The elevation of Kalidhang is and its prominence is . It is joint 105th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand.
Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 3 km WNW of
Chirbas Parbat its nearest higher neighbor.
Matri lies 5.7 km SE and it is 11.8 km NNE of
Manda I
Manda I is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India also called Manda. The elevation of Manda I is and its prominence is . It is joint 86th highest located entirely within the Uttarakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in th ...
. It lies 10.1 km NNW of
Sudarshan Parbat .
Neighboring peaks
Neighboring peaks of Kalidhang:
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Chirbas Parbat
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Chaturbhuj
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Matri
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Sudarshan Parbat
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Yogeshwar:
Glaciers and rivers
It stands at the head of
Dehigad Bamak which flows from south to north and joins river
Jadh Ganga
Jadh Ganga, ( hi, जाध गंगा) also called Jahnavi River is a tributary of Bhagirathi in Uttarakhand state of India.
Course
Jadh Ganga rises, north of Mana Pass, from Lambi glacier where the river is known as Lambi Gad (Lambi river) ...
.
Chaudar Bamak on the west side also drains down to Jadh Ganga. On the south west side lies
Deogad Bamak which drains into Bhagirathi river between
chirbas and
Gangotri
Gangotri is a town and a ''Nagar Panchayat'' (municipality) in Uttarkashi district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is 99 km from Uttarkashi, the main district headquarter. It is a Hindu pilgrim town on the banks of the river Bhagirathi ...
.
Chirbas Bamak and
Gulli gad bamak on the eastern side from there emerges gulligad which also joins
Jadh Ganga
Jadh Ganga, ( hi, जाध गंगा) also called Jahnavi River is a tributary of Bhagirathi in Uttarakhand state of India.
Course
Jadh Ganga rises, north of Mana Pass, from Lambi glacier where the river is known as Lambi Gad (Lambi river) ...
near
Neylong. that further joins
Bhagirathi River
The Bhāgīrathī (Pron: /ˌbʌgɪˈɹɑːθɪ/) is a turbulent Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and the holy river of Hinduism. In the Hindu fa ...
near Bharion ghati. one of the main tributaries of river
Ganga
The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...
. that later joins
Alaknanda River the other main tributaries of river
Ganga
The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...
at
Devprayag and became Ganga there after.
The word "Bamak" is used for Glacier.
See also
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List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand is a Himalayan state of India. This mountainous state contains, in its northern section, some of the highest mountain peaks in the world. Many of them are unclimbed; many are unnamed. A large number of peaks in Uttarakhand are still ...
References
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Mountains of Uttarakhand
Six-thousanders of the Himalayas
Geography of Chamoli district