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| Title: | Status and Change of the Cryosphere in the Extended Hindu Kush Himalaya Region |
| Authors: | Azam, Farooq M. |
| Issue Date: | 2019 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Citation: | 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 P. Wester, A. Mishra, A. Mukherji, & A. B. Shrestha (Eds.), The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment (pp. 209–255). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1_7 |
| 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. © ICIMOD, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019, First softcover printing 2019. |
| URI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1_7 https://dspace.iiti.ac.in/handle/123456789/15288 |
| ISBN: | 978-331992288-1 978-331992287-4 |
| Type of Material: | Book Chapter |
| Appears in Collections: | Department of Civil Engineering |
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