The Khumbu Glacier

The yellow and blue tents of Base Camp can barely be seen in the left side of the picture where the glacier makes its turn. The huge Khumbu Glacier flows between Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse Ridge and is constantly moving. Chip must climb the Icefall of the Khumbu Glacier to get to further camps up Mount Everest. (Learn more)

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The Khumbu Glacier is situated between Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse Ridge. It begins in the Western Cwm, flows down between the two mountains, and swerves to the right through the Khumbu valley. As it melts, the Khumbu Glacier drains into Nepal’s Lobujya (Lobuche) River. Mount Everest is continuously being eroded by the glacier.

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Definitions

glacier n.
A large, slow-moving mass of ice in a high mountain valley, formed by the accumulation of compacted snow as it moves down from higher altitudes.
Western Cwm n.
Pronounced "western coom." The large, glacial valley basin below Mount Everest and Mount Nuptse in the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal. Cwm is a Welsh word meaning "bowl-shaped valley."

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