Kalidhang is a mountain of the

Garhwal Himalaya The Garhwal Himalayas are mountain ranges located in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Geology This range is also a part of the Himalayan Sivalik Hills, the outer most hills of the Himalaya located in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Major p ...

in Uttarakhand India. It is situated in the

Gangotri National Park Gangotri National Park is a national park in Uttarkashi District in Uttarakhand state of India, covering about . Its habitat consists of coniferous forests, alpine meadows and glaciers. Gomukh at Gangotri glacier, the origin of the river Gang ...

. The elevation of Kalidhang is and its prominence is . It is joint 105th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand.

Nanda Devi Nanda Devi is the second-highest mountain in India, after Kangchenjunga, and the highest located entirely within the country. (Kangchenjunga is on the border of India and Nepal.) Nanda Devi is the 23rd-highest peak in the world and ranked 74t ...

, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 3 km WNW of Chirbas Parbat its nearest higher neighbor. Matri lies 5.7 km SE and it is 11.8 km NNE of Manda I . It lies 10.1 km NNW of Sudarshan Parbat .

Neighboring peaks

Neighboring peaks of Kalidhang: * Chirbas Parbat * Chaturbhuj * Matri * Sudarshan Parbat * Yogeshwar:

Glaciers and rivers

It stands at the head of Dehigad Bamak which flows from south to north and joins river

Jadh Ganga Jadh Ganga (), also called the Jahnavi River, is a tributary of the Bhagirathi River in the Uttarakhand state of India. Course Jadh Ganga rises north of Mana Pass from the Lambi glacier, where the river is known as Lambi Gad (Lambi River). Tho ...

. Chaudar Bamak on the west side also drains down to Jadh Ganga. On the south west side lies Deogad Bamak which drains into Bhagirathi river between chirbas and

Gangotri Gangotri is a town and a ''Nagar Panchayat'' (municipality) in Uttarkashi district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is 99 km from Uttarkashi, the main district headquarter. It is a Hindu pilgrim town on the banks of the river Bha ...

. Chirbas Bamak and Gulli gad bamak on the eastern side from there emerges gulligad which also joins

near Neylong. that further joins

Bhagirathi River The Bhāgīrathī (Pron: /ˌbʌgɪˈɹɑːθɪ/) is a turbulent Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and the holy river of Hinduism. In the Hindu f ...

near Bharion ghati. one of the main tributaries of river

Ganga The Ganges ( ; in India: Ganga, ; in Bangladesh: Padma, ). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary riv ...

. that later joins

Alaknanda River The Alaknanda is a Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and a river considered holy in Hinduism. In hydrology, the Alaknanda is considered the sourc ...

the other main tributaries of river

Devprayag Devprayag (Deva prayāga) is a town and a nagar panchayat, near New Tehri city in Tehri Garhwal District in the state of Uttarakhand, India, and is the final one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda River where Alaknanda meets ...

and became Ganga there after. The word "Bamak" is used for Glacier.

References

{{reflist Mountains of Uttarakhand Six-thousanders of the Himalayas Geography of Chamoli district

Neighboring peaks

Glaciers and rivers

See also

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