Kachin Glacier

Kachin Glacier (Chinese: 卡钦冰川; Tibetan: ཁ་ཆིན་གངས་རི, Kha Chin Gangri) , is located in Bomê County, Tibet Autonomous Region, Kachin Glacier spans 35.3 km in length and covers 206.7 km² within the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains. As China's largest maritime glacier (ice thickness: ~300 m), it terminates at 2,530 m elevation with its ice tongue extending into temperate forests.

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