Erosion in the middle Himalaya, Nepal with a case study of the Phewa Valley
Data on erosion processes and other aspects of environmental change in the Himalaya are scarce and unreliable, and consequently policy decisions have been taken in a quantitative vacuum. Published estimates of denudation for large catchments in Nepal vary from 0.51 to 5.14 mm/yr, and indicate a dyna...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24902 |