Nanda Devi

[ nuhn-dah dey-vee ]

noun

1. a mountain in N India, in Uttarakhand: a peak of the Himalayas. 25,661 feet (7,820 meters).

Nanda Devi

/ ˈnʌndə ˈdiːvɪ /

noun

1. a mountain in N India, in Uttarakhand in the Himalayas. Height: 7817 m (25 645 ft)

Example Sentences

In the part of the Indian Himalayas where the disaster occurred — the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve — glacial retreat is well documented.

From Seattle Times

The document is being updated as new insights come in, but for now, it suggests that a rock and ice avalanche detached from a mountainside in the Nanda Devi mountain, prompting a catastrophic flood.

From Scientific American

The severe flooding on a bright day was initially thought to have been caused by a part of a glacier in the Nanda Devi region breaking off and crumbling into the Dhauliganga river.

From Reuters

Packing rocks, dirt and construction debris and thought to have been triggered when a glacier lake fed by India’s second highest peak, Nanda Devi, collapsed, the flood swept down the Dhauliganga river on Sunday.

From Reuters

The disaster was set off when part of a glacier on Nanda Devi mountain snapped off Sunday morning.

From Seattle Times