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Glaciers of Pskem ridge.

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The total glaciated area of ​​the Pskem ridge is 70 square kilometers, there are more than 100 glaciers. The height of the snow line on the north-western slopes is at an altitude of 3700 - 3800 meters above sea level, on the southeastern slopes - about 4000 meters above sea level.
The largest glaciers of the Pskem ridge.
The Kalesnik glacier, with a length of 3.6 kilometers, an area of ​​3.6 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3430 to 4000 meters above sea level, belongs to the Pskem river basin.
The Pakhtakor glacier, with a length of 3.6 kilometers, an area of ​​2.8 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3540 to 4000 meters above sea level, belongs to the Pskem river basin.
The Tyyakaryn glacier, 3.6 kilometers long, with an area of ​​1.8 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3400 to 4000 meters above sea level, belongs to a tributary of the Pskem river basin.
The Barkrak Sredny glacier, 3.2 kilometers long, 2.9 square kilometers in area, located at an altitude of 3450 to 4100 meters above sea level, belongs to the Pskem river basin.
The Termetash glacier, 3.0 kilometers long, an area of ​​2.0 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3040 to 4250 meters above sea level, belongs to the Pskem river basin.
The Chakmak Glacier, 3.0 kilometers long, with an area of ​​1.9 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3490 to 4030 meters above sea level, belongs to the Pskem River basin.
The Titov Glacier, 3.0 kilometers long, with an area of ​​1.4 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3650 to 4000 meters above sea level, belongs to the Pskem River basin.
The Tastarsay glacier, 2.8 kilometers long, an area of ​​2.4 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3530 to 4080 meters above sea level, belongs to a tributary of the Pskem river basin.
The Gagarin Glacier, 2.8 kilometers long, with an area of ​​1.8 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3480 to 3920 meters above sea level, belongs to the Pskem River basin.
The Barkrak Left glacier, 2.8 kilometers long, with an area of ​​1.2 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3400 to 4100 meters above sea level, belongs to the Pskem river basin.
The Akkapchigay North glacier, 2.7 kilometers long, with an area of ​​1.2 square kilometers, is located at an altitude of 3300 to 3720 meters above sea level, belongs to the Pskem river basin.

Authority:
"Glaciers." L.D. Dolgushin, G.B. Osipova. Series "Nature of the world." Moscow, the publishing house "Thought". 1989.