Himalayan Glaciers Under Threat

Roof of the World

Melting snow from the Himalayas feeds the mightiest river system in the world: the Ganges, the Indus, the
Bharat Sikka for TIME

Roof of the World
Melting snow from the Himalayas feeds the mightiest river system in the world: the Ganges, the Indus, the Brahmaputra, the Mekong, the Yellow and the Yangtze Rivers, a water system that provides material and spiritual sustenance to 3 billion people.

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