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Seasonal patterns of precipitation and runoff
The influence of glaciers on seasonal distribution of river flow is strongly dependent on annual temperature and precipitation cycles, and the proportion of the…
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Salzach river discharge, Austrian Alps
Simulated contributions of glacier melt (frn/ice melt) to annual total runoff were calculated between 1 and 4%. In the period 1999–2000, when the glacier…
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Southern Asia natural disasters between 1975 and 2004
Overview of natural disasters in Asia between 1975 and 2004. Floods account for a very significant proportion of the disasters observed.
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Recent flood events in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region
Since Asia comprises a large portion of the World’s population, and more than 40% of all the foods in the world occur in Asia,…
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Regional flood vulnerability
Since Asia comprises a large portion of the World’s population, and more than 40% of all the foods in the world occur in Asia,…
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Glacier shrinkage in hypothetical river basins
Downstream variation in the impact of glacier recession is illustrated in Figure 5, which shows modeled river flows for idealized catchments under climates representative…
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Glacier Lake Outburst Floods
Cumulative frequency graph of GLOFs in Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. The best-ft line suggests an increase in GLOF frequency through time, although older events…
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Glacier recession and expansion in Hindu Kush-Himalayas and Central Asia
Averaged over their entire areas, within the period 1960-2003 glaciers in Patagonia and Alaska have thinned by approximately 35m and 25m, respectively, whereas high…
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Glacier cumulative mass balance
Compilation of available data shows that most mountain glaciers are losing mass, and that the overall rate of mass loss has increased in the…
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Qanat
A qanat is a water management system used to secure reliable water supply to human settlements or irrigation in semi-arid and arid regions. Probably…
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Glacier volume change forecasts
Oerlemans et al. (1998) conducted modelling experiments for a sample of 12 glaciers and ice caps, to determine volume changes under a range of…
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Victims and affected people in Pakistan flood, August 2010
Seasonal flooding can occur along all the major watersheds in the Himalayan region (Figure 11–14). The largest problems occur in food prone areas with…