Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya Glacial Environments, Processes, Hazards and Resources

Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya Glacial Environments, Processes, Hazards and Resources / by Kenneth Hewitt.

The Karakoram contains the greatest concentration of glaciers and most of the largest ice masses outside high latitudes. They comprise major stores and sources of fresh water in an otherwise extreme, continental, dry region. As many as 200 million people living downstream, in the valleys of the Indu...

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Main Author: Hewitt, Kenneth (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Atmospheric sciences.
Climate change.
Physical geography.
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