Evaluation of Glacial Lakes and Catastrophic Floods on the Northern Slopes of the Kyrgyz Range

Evaluation of Glacial Lakes and Catastrophic Floods on the Northern Slopes of the Kyrgyz Range

The changing climate in the 20th and 21st centuries has had a profound impact on glacial lake formation and downwasting. The rapid receding of glaciers due to increased atmospheric temperature has caused glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in the nival–glacial belt region on the northern slopes of...

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Main Authors: Dambaru Ballab Kattel, Ashutosh Mohanty, Mirlan Daiyrov, Weicai Wang, Manoranjan Mishra, Zheenbek Kulenbekov, Binod Dawadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mountain Society 2020-08-01
Series:Mountain Research and Development
Subjects:
gis
glacial lake outburst floods
glacial lakes
kyrgyz range
remote sensing
river basin
Online Access:https://bioone.org/doi/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-19-00068.1

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