scholarly journals Draught Animal Power in Mountain Agriculture- A Study of Perspectives and Issues in the Central Himalayas, India

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Central Himalayas ◽  
Mountain Agriculture ◽  
Animal Power

scholarly journals Simulation and Assessment of Future Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in the Poiqu River Basin, Central Himalayas

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1376
Author(s):  
Taigang Zhang ◽  
Weicai Wang ◽  
Tanguang Gao ◽  
Baosheng An
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Hazard Assessment ◽  
Glacial Lake ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Glacial Lakes ◽  
Central Himalayas ◽  
Outburst Floods ◽  
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Glacial Lake Outburst Flood

A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a typical glacier-related hazard in high mountain regions. In recent decades, glacial lakes in the Himalayas have expanded rapidly due to climate warming and glacial retreat. Some of these lakes are unstable, and may suddenly burst under different triggering factors, thus draining large amounts of water and impacting downstream social and economic development. Glacial lakes in the Poiqu River basin, Central Himalayas, have attracted great attention since GLOFs originating there could have a transboundary impact on both China and Nepal, as occurred during the Cirenmaco GLOF in 1981 and the Gongbatongshaco GLOF in 2016. Based on previous studies of this basin, we selected seven very high-risk moraine-dammed lakes (Gangxico, Galongco, Jialongco, Cirenmaco, Taraco, Beihu, and Cawuqudenco) to simulate GLOF propagation at different drainage percentage scenarios (i.e., 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%), and to conduct hazard assessment. The results show that, when any glacial lake is drained completely or partly, most of the floods will enter Nepal after raging in China, and will continue to cause damage. In summary, 57.5 km of roads, 754 buildings, 3.3 km2 of farmland, and 25 bridges are at risk of damage due to GLOFs. The potentially inundated area within the Chinese part of the Poiqu River basin exceeds 45 km2. Due to the destructive impacts of GLOFs on downstream areas, appropriate and effective measures should be implemented to adapt to GLOF risk. We finally present a paradigm for conducting hazard assessment and risk management. It uses only freely available data and thus is easy to apply.

The influence of a south Asian dust storm on aerosol radiative forcing at a high-altitude station in central Himalayas

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (22) ◽  
pp. 7827-7845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atul K. Srivastava ◽  
P. Pant ◽  
P. Hegde ◽  
Sachchidanand Singh ◽  
U. C. Dumka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Dust Storm ◽  
Radiative Forcing ◽  
Asian Dust ◽  
Central Himalayas ◽  
Aerosol Radiative Forcing ◽  
Asian Dust Storm ◽  
Aerosol Radiative

Tracing the isotopic signatures of cryospheric water and establishing the altitude effect in Central Himalayas: A tool for cryospheric water partitioning

2021 ◽  
Vol 595 ◽  
pp. 125983
Author(s):  
Neeraj Pant ◽  
Prabhat Semwal ◽  
Suhas Damodar Khobragade ◽  
Shive Prakash Rai ◽  
Sudhir Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Altitude Effect ◽  
Central Himalayas ◽  
Isotopic Signatures ◽  
Water Partitioning
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