Batura Glacier

Batura Glacier
بتوراگلیشیئر
Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
Coordinates	36°32′N 74°39′E / 36.533°N 74.650°E / 36.533; 74.650

Batura Glacier (

The Batura Glacier has been the subject of several studies, both because it has several unusual properties and because it is close to the vital Karakoram Highway. The climate of the deep valleys around the Batura Glacier is dry, with only about 10 cm of precipitation per year. Snowfall up in the mountains is somewhat higher but still fairly low, with around 100-130 cm per year. The local freezing level is about 4,200 m. The glacier's upper reaches are the coldest; it becomes more temperate in its middle and lower parts. Two-thirds of the glacier in these parts is covered by a thick layer of debris, except for a relatively thin 700 m-wide strip of ice that comes within 4 km of the glacier terminus. As of 1984, the glacier terminus was measured to be about 0.5 km above the Karakoram Highway. The glacier has since retreated, with both backwasting and downwasting occurring.^{[2]: 11–12}

See also

• Batura
• Passu Sar
• List of glaciers
• Batura Muztagh

References

External links

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• Northern Pakistan detailed placemarks in Google Earth Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine

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