Lake Pelku
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Lake Pelku, Pelkhu, or Paiku is a lake at 4,591 meters elevation on the Tibetan Plateau in Shigatse Prefecture. It is 18 kilometers south of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, bordering Saga County, Gyirong C
From space, May 1997. North is down.
Lake Paiku in Tibet
Glacier
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A glacier is a persistent body of natural ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, ofte
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The Taschachferner in the Ötztal Alps in Austria. The mountain to the left is the Wildspitze (3.768 m), second highest in Austria
The Baltoro Glacier in Pakistan. It is 62 kilometres (39 mi) long, the fifth longest alpine glacier in the world.
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