The Gangotri glacier, which is one of the sources of the Ganges River, has shrunk by almost one third of its length in the past 50 years.
सर्वात अधिक पर्यटक फ्रान्समध्ये जातात; १९९८ मध्ये तेथे गेलेल्या पर्यटकांची संख्या ७ कोटी इतकी होती.