| Biafo Glacier བིཨཕོ༹་གངས། | |
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  Biafo Glacier བིཨཕོ༹་གངས། Location in Karakoram  Biafo Glacier བིཨཕོ༹་གངས། Biafo Glacier བིཨཕོ༹་གངས། (Gilgit Baltistan)  Biafo Glacier བིཨཕོ༹་གངས། Biafo Glacier བིཨཕོ༹་གངས། (Kashmir)  Biafo Glacier བིཨཕོ༹་གངས། Biafo Glacier བིཨཕོ༹་གངས། (Pakistan) | |
| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | Karakoram, Hispar Valley, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 35°41′N 75°55′E / 35.683°N 75.917°E |
| Length | 67 kilometres (42 mi) |
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The Biafo Glacier Urdu: بیافو گلیشیر) is a glacier located within the Karakoram mountain range in the Hisper valley, Nagar District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It extends over a considerable distance, measuring 67 kilometers (42 miles) in length, and ranks as one of the largest glaciers in the entire Karakoram range. Flowing in a south-eastern direction from the central Karakoram crest, this glacier covers a basin area spanning 853 square kilometers, of which 628 square kilometers are characterized by permanent snow and ice. The accumulation zone alone contributes to 68% of the glacier's total area.[1]
- ^ Hewitt, K.; Wake*, C. P.; Young, G. J.; David, C. (1989). "Hydrological Investigations at Biafo Glacier, Karakoram Range, Himalaya; an Important Source of Water for the Indus River". Annals of Glaciology. 13: 103–108. doi:10.3189/S0260305500007710. ISSN 0260-3055.