hello！ Hello everyone
The 2022 Spring Festival holiday has just ended
Are you still having fun?
Today, I have good news for you
Blessed are friends who love glaciers
That is, the 40 glaciers in Tibet have been lifted
Recently went to Tibet for a visit
I can appreciate the charm index of 40 glaciers
This stop
Travel photographer Mr. Guo
I focused the camera on 40 glaciers
Unveil the mystery of the glacier for us
Let's take a look at it
40 Glacier, also known as Tsojah Glacier
The altitude is 5300 meters
It is located near the border between Langkazi County and Bhutan in Shannan, Tibet
It is named after Monument No. 40, which borders China and Bhutan
It is the most accessible land mountain glacier found
No special equipment is required
Get hands-on contact at zero distance
01 Route to 40 Glacier
40 glaciers
It is about 450 kilometers away from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet
Departing from Lhasa, we first pass through Yang Zhuoyong
Arrive in Langkazi County
Then turn south
Head to the world's highest freshwater lake, Pumoyoncuo
Follow a dirt road on the south bank of Pumoyoncuo all the way west
Travel about fifty kilometers
Walk through a flat, wide meadow
Drive across an iron bridge and turn south
After about 30 kilometers, you will arrive
02 Learn more about 40 glaciers
The lowest point of the 40 glacier ice tongue is about 5300 meters above sea level
It extends upwards for about 5 km and a width of about 1 km
It is very inconspicuous among the many alpine glaciers
Although the scale is relatively small
But the glacier is fully developed and fully equipped
The landscape is also abundant
Moraines, moraine lakes, ice tongues, ice tallinns, ice stalactites
Ice cracks, ice lakes, ice caves and more are all available
It has all the characteristics of mountain glaciers
Spectacular
Since just discovered
Not many people know or have been there
It was not developed
The glacier still maintains a relatively intact original appearance
Before reaching 40 glaciers
It will climb a gravel slope about 150 meters high
This is a moraine caused by the movement of glaciers
In the course of thousands of years of glacier movement
After a long period of continuous expansion and contraction
Causes the bottom rock to peel off
It then moves downward with the glacier
It is taken away to the end of the ice tongue and gradually accumulates
The front end of the moraine is also due to long-term glacial meltwater
Form a larger moraine lake
The interior of the glacier is due to prolonged sun exposure as well as weather changes
Erosion of glacial meltwater
Many large and small ice lakes are formed
03 Please protect the 40 glaciers
Due to its continental mountain glaciers
Different from oceanic glaciers
Snowfall replenishment in snow basins is relatively small
Therefore, the ecosystem of 40 glaciers is relatively fragile
Once it has been vandalized, it is difficult to recover on its own
Add to that global warming
Glacier melting is increasing year by year
Objectively, it also increases the difficulty of glacier protection
As it has not yet been developed
There is also no corresponding protective body
As more and more tourists go
The protection of glaciers will be severely tested
Previously, the government closed 40 glaciers for security reasons
Tourists who go here are called upon to cherish the glacier
Do not damage the internal structure of the glacier arbitrarily
And don't hit the glacier with stones or other hard objects
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