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{{Infobox glacier <br />
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| type = Mountain glacier<br />
| location = [[Dras|Drass]], [[Ladakh]], [[India]]<br />
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The '''Machoi Glacier''' is a 9 kilometer long<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.igsoc.org/journal.old/13/68/igs_journal_vol13_issue068_pg279-283.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211170052/http://www.igsoc.org/journal.old/13/68/igs_journal_vol13_issue068_pg279-283.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-12-11 |title=Machoi glacier |access-date=2012-04-26 }}</ref> [[glacier]] in the north eastern [[Himalayan Range]] situated 30kilometer west from [[Dras|Drass]], [[Ladakh]], [[India]] and 8 kilometers east from [[Sonamarg]] on the southern side of [[NH 1D]] at [[Zojila]]. It lies at an average elevation of 4800 meters.<br />
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The highest peak named after the glacier is the [[Machoi Peak]] that lies at the eastern end of the glacier, at an elevation of 5458 meters. The glacier is the source of the [[Sind River]] that flows westwards, and the [[Dras river]] that flows eastwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/jammu-kashmir/geography/rivers-lakes.html|title=Jammu Kashmir Geography Rivers|publisher=mapsofindia.com|access-date=2012-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719064335/http://www.mapsofindia.com/jammu-kashmir/geography/rivers-lakes.html|archive-date=19 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Machoi, like many other Himalayan glaciers has been melting at alarming rates due to [[Global warming]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jan/22/slide-show-1-the-controversy-on-himalayan-blunder.htm|title=Himalayan glaciers melting|work=rediff.com|access-date=2012-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104151617/http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jan/22/slide-show-1-the-controversy-on-himalayan-blunder.htm|archive-date=4 January 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category: Glaciers of Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
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