Debris flow disaster at Larcha, upper Bhotekoshi Valley, central Nepal

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Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 410-423

  Adhikari, Danda Pani ^a,b   Koshimizu, Satoshi ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arniko Highway; Colluvium; Debris flow; Glacial lake outburst flood; Higher Himalaya; Larcha; Lesser Himalaya; Monsoon; Upper Bhotekoshi Valley

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DAMAGE; DEBRIS FLOW; FLOOD; GLACIAL LAKE; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL DISASTER; OUTBURST;

ASIA; BHOTEKOSHI VALLEY; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845468718     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2005.00495.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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