Glaciations of the Pindar River Valley, Southern Himalayas

Abstract

Abstract The Pindari Glacier is situated in the heart of the Kumaon Hills in lat. 30° 17′ N. and long. 80° 0′ E. This glacier was visited by the authors in October 1959 when morphological and other observations were made. On the basis of these observations, it appears that during the last hundred years the rate of retreat of this glacier has been phenomenal, and it may be as much as 132 ft. (40.2 m.)/yr. There is also evidence that in the past the Pindari valley suffered at least two glacial advances.