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Glaciers of Karategin ridge.

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South of the Zeravshan Range, parallel to the Sorbog River, the Karategin Range extends. It does not have a clear center line and is repeatedly cut by the deep valleys of the right tributaries of the Surkhob - Vakhsh river. The northern slopes of this ridge are almost entirely covered by glaciers; on the southern slope of the ridge there are much less glaciers. In total, there are 166 glaciers on the Karategin ridge with a total area of ​​59.4 sq. km.
The size of all glaciers is less than 3 sq. km. 
8 glaciers with a total area of ​​1.0 sq. km. are in the Kabudkrym mountains south of the Karategin ridge (Rototaev. 1979; Shchetinnikov. 1981. Catalog of glaciers. 1969-1982).

Total area of ​​glaciation of Karategin ridge is about 100 sq. km.

Largest glaciers of Karategin ridge.

Obi-Kamarou glacier in Karategin ridge.

With a length of 3.4 kilometers, an area of ​​1.9 sq. km., located at an altitude of 3,000 to 4,020 m. a. s. l., belongs to the Obiya-Kamarou River Basin, Nazar-Alyak.

Fiturak Glacier  in Karategin ridge.

With a length of 3.3 kilometers, an area of ​​5.6 sq. km., is located at an altitude of 3520 to 4320 m. a. s. l., belongs to the Nazar-Alyak river basin.

Ugolny Glacier in Karategin ridge.

With a length of 2.5 kilometers, an area of ​​2.0 sq. km., is located at an altitude of 3800 to 4100 m. a. s. l., belongs to the Nazar-Ailyak River Basin.

Shchikor Khan Glacier in Karategin ridge.

With a length of 1.6 kilometers, an area of ​​0.5 sq. km., located at an altitude of 3850 to 4350 m. a. s. l., belongs to the Ob-Komarou River Basin.

Authority:

"Glaciers." L.D. Dolgushin, G.B. Osipova. Series "Nature of the world." 1989.