Rupal Glacier or Tashain Glacier is a glacier in the
Great Himalaya
The Great Himalayas or Greater Himalayas or Himadri is the highest mountain range of the Himalayan Range.Hussain, MajidGeography of India/ref> The world's highest peak, Mount Everest, as well as other "near−highest" peaks, such as Kangchenjunga, ...
subrange of
Himalaya
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...
s. It starts north of an unnamed peak () and flows northeastward, north of
Laila Peak (Rupal Valley)
Laila Peak is a major prominence at the southwestern terminus of the Rupal Valley in Pakistan. The peak soars above sea level and some above the Rupal Valley floor. To its north lies the Rupal Glacier and to its east lies Rupal Peak. To the ...
and south of
Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat ( ur, ) (; ), known locally as Diamer () which means “king of the mountains”, is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, its summit at above sea level. Lying immediately southeast of the northernmost bend of the Indus River in ...
's many peaks. The meltwater from the glacier forms
Rupal River
The Rupal River () is an east–west glacial stream rising from the meltwater of the Rupal Glacier in northern Pakistan. The stream flows through the Rupal Valley, south of Nanga Parbat, before turning northeast to the village of Tarashing. The ...
.
See also
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List of glaciers
A glacier ( ) or () is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries. Glaciers slowly deform ...
External links
Northern Pakistan - highly detailed placemarks in Google Earth
Glaciers of Gilgit-Baltistan
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