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The Bhagirathi is fed by meltwater from the snout of which glacier?

AAlkapuri
BSiachen
CBaltoro
DGangotri
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Gangotri
1. The snout is called Gaumukh. 2. Gangotri glacier feeds the Bhagirathi. 3. Alkapuri feeds the Alakananda. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._
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