Glacial lake outburst floods in the Nepal Himalaya: A manageable hazard?

Natural Hazards

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 145-154

  Kattelmann, Richard ^a  

^a Watershed Management Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial lakes; Glaciers; Hazard mitigation; Himalaya; Nepal; Outburst floods

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; GLACIAL LAKE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; OUTBURST;

NEPAL;

EID: 0037281732     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021130101283     Document Type: Article

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