Status and Change of the Cryosphere in the Extended Hindu Kush Himalaya Region

Bolch, Tobias; M. Shea, J.; Liu, Shiyin; M. Azam, Farooq; Gao, Yang; Gruber, Stephan; W. Immerzeel, Walter; V. Kulkarni, Anil; Li, Huilin; Ahmad Tahir, Adnan; Zhang, Guoqing; Zhang, Yinsheng

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1_7

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Status and Change of the Cryosphere in the Extended Hindu Kush Himalaya Region

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Authors:

Tobias Bolch

J. M. Shea

Shiyin Liu

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 ...

Subject

Cryosphere

Permafrost

Glacier

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