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Download Solution PDFSiachen Glacier is situated to the
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is option 4.
Key Points
- Hence the correct answer is North of Nubra Valley.
- Nubra Valley
- The Nubra Valley acts as the gateway to the strategically important Siachen Glacier and Karakoram Pass.
- The Karakoram Pass on the northwest side connects the valley with Xinjiang, China.
- The Nubra River is a river in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh in India.
- It is a tributary of the Shyok River (a part of the Indus River system) and originates from the Siachen Glacier.
- Siachin Glacier
- It is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and second-longest in the world's non-polar areas in the world.
- The area was once part of the ancient Himalayan trade path, the Silk Route that connected China to the Middle East.
- Indian subcontinent in the extensively glaciated portion of the Karakoram sometimes called the "Third Pole".
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