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Glaciers flow downhill from the Himalayas’ northern slopes onto China's Tibetan Plateau
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iss074e0603585 (May 20, 2026) --- The Himalayas separate Nepal from China in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above the western Tibetan Plateau. Glaciers—slow‑moving rivers of ice that carve paths into mountainsides—flow downhill from the Himalayas’ northern slopes onto China's Tibetan Plateau.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineGlaciers flow downhill from the Himalayas’ northern slopes onto China's Tibetan Plateau. NASA/JSC, 2026-05-20. Public domain. ID: iss074e0603585.
