The Rongbuk Glacier lies in the Himalaya of southern Tibet, fed by Mount Everest and joined by its East and West Rongbuk tributary glaciers. It flows north to form the Rongbuk Valley, where meltwater collects in a proglacial lake at the glacier's foot near the historic Rongbuk Monastery. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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- Also in Geography Atlas: China, found in there.
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Rongbuk Glacier (Wikipedia)
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The Rongbuk Glacier (simplified Chinese: 绒布冰川; traditional Chinese: 絨布冰川; pinyin: Róngbù Bīngchuān) is located in the Himalaya of southern Tibet.
Wikidata: Rongbuk Glacier
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