Kashmir
Lake and Mountains
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of range nature. There are several glaciers on Haramoukh. On
the South side they only descend to about 13,500 ft., but alter
the North 1,500-ft lower.
The
large snowfields on the summit feed them, which are of great
thickness. The snow cliffs on the middle peak show a vertical
thickness of nearly 200 feet. In there seen all the surrounding
valleys. There are lakelets varying in size from mere ponds
to sheets of water a mile or so in length and quarter a mile
broad. most of these occur at a height of 11,500 feet. There
can be no doubt that they are all due in some way to glacial
action, and that they are not of very remote age. Tydall points
out that a glacier 900 feet deep would produce a vertical pressure
of 486, 000 lbs. upon every square inch of its bed. But the
small glacier on the shoulders gone, of such mountains as Haramoukh
or Tutakuthi.
A view evening view
of Dal Lak
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