Status and Change of the Cryosphere in the Extended Hindu Kush Himalaya Region
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2019-01-01
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Bolch, Tobias
Shea, Joseph M.
Liu, Shiyin
Azam, Farooq M.
Gao, Yang
Gruber, Stephan
Immerzeel, W.w.
Kulkarni, Anil
Li, Huilin
Tahir, Adnan A.
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Abstract
The cryosphere is defined by the presence of frozen water in its many forms: glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. In the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, including the Pamirs, Tien Shan and Alatua, the cryosphere is a key freshwater resource, playing a vital and significant role in local and regional hydrology and ecology. Industry, agriculture, and hydroelectric power generation rely on timely and sufficient delivery of water in major river systems; changes in the cryospheric system may thus pose challenges for disaster risk reduction in the extended HKH region.
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Taverne, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, General Environmental Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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Bolch, T, Shea, J M, Liu, S, Azam, F M, Gao, Y, Gruber, S, Immerzeel, W W, Kulkarni, A, Li, H, Tahir, A A, Zhang, G & Zhang, Y 2019, Status and Change of the Cryosphere in the Extended Hindu Kush Himalaya Region. in The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment : Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People. Springer, pp. 209-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1_7