Glacial change and hydrological implications in the Himalaya and Karakoram

Y Nie, HD Pritchard, Q Liu, T Hennig, W Wang… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Glaciers in the Himalaya–Karakoram mountain ranges harbour approximately half
of the ice volume in High-mountain Asia and modulate the flow of freshwater to almost 869 …

Glaciohydrology of the himalaya-karakoram

MF Azam, JS Kargel, JM Shea, S Nepal, UK Haritashya… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND The Himalayan-Karakoram (HK) region in south Asia is one of the most
heavily glacierized and vulnerable mountainous regions on Earth. The Indus, Ganges, and …

Status and change of the cryosphere in the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya region

T Bolch, JM Shea, S Liu, FM Azam, Y Gao… - The Hindu Kush …, 2019 - Springer
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 …

Review of the status and mass changes of Himalayan-Karakoram glaciers

MF Azam, P Wagnon, E Berthier, C Vincent… - Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
We present a comprehensive review of the status and changes in glacier length (since the
1850s), area and mass (since the 1960s) along the Himalayan-Karakoram (HK) region and …

Water in The Hindu kush himalaya

CA Scott, F Zhang, A Mukherji, W Immerzeel… - The Hindu Kush …, 2019 - Springer
Commonly described as the “water tower for Asia,” the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) plays
an important role in ensuring water, food, energy, and environmental security for much of the …

Heavy metals in surface sediments in the trans-Himalayan Koshi River catchment: Distribution, source identification and pollution assessment

M Li, Q Zhang, X Sun, K Karki, C Zeng, A Pandey… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Rivers flowing across the Himalayas are important water resources and deliver large
amounts of sediment to regional and downstream ecosystems. However, the geochemistry …

Future changes in hydro-climatic extremes in the Upper Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra River basins

RR Wijngaard, AF Lutz, S Nepal, S Khanal… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Future hydrological extremes, such as floods and droughts, may pose serious threats for the
livelihoods in the upstream domains of the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra. For this reason, the …

Sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

J Xu, R Badola, N Chettri, RP Chaudhary… - The Hindu Kush …, 2019 - Springer
Mountains make up 24% of the world's land area, are home to 20% of the world's
population, provide 60–80% of the world's fresh water, and harbour 50% of the world's …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of climate change on the hydrological regime of the Koshi river basin in the Himalayan region

S Nepal - Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding the potential impact of climate change on the hydrological regime in the
Himalayan region is of great importance for sustainable water resources management. This …

Impact of climate change on the hydrological regime of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins: a review of the literature

S Nepal, AB Shrestha - International Journal of Water Resources …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins support 700 million people in Asia. The
water resources are used for irrigation, drinking, industry, navigation and hydropower. This …