Which country has the highest number of glaciers outside of the Arctic region?
Which country has the highest number of glaciers outside of the Arctic region?
(A) Mongolia
(B) Norway
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Pakistan
Pakistan holds the record for having the most glaciers outside the Arctic and Antarctic. With more than 7,000 identified glaciers, and some research suggesting over 13,000, it has more glacial ice than any nation apart from those in the polar regions. These ice giants are primarily found in the north, especially in Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They stretch across the Karakoram, Himalaya, and Hindu Kush mountain ranges.