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The recent glacial lake outburst in Sikkim has increased interest in glacial landforms in the Indian Himalayas.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Syllabus: Geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.
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