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Loss of glaciers – Arunachal Pradesh
February 8 , 2025
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- The section of the eastern Himalayas in Arunachal Pradesh lost 110 glaciers in 32 years.
- These glaciers covering an area of 309.85 sq. km disappeared at a retreat rate of 16.94 sq. km during the study period from 1988 to 2020.
- The largely snow-covered Himalayan belt is considered the ‘Third Pole’ as it has the largest collection of glaciers outside the polar regions.
- It serves as a freshwater source for more than 1.3 billion people living in the downstream regions.
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