Glacial lake outburst floods in the Sagarmatha region: Hazard assessment using GIS and hydrodynamic modelling

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-344

  Bajracharya, Birendra ^a   Shrestha, Arun Bhakta ^a   Rajbhandari, Lokap ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF); Himalayas; Hydrodynamic modeling; Mountain hazard; Nepal; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; GIS; GLACIAL LAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELING; OUTBURST; PEAK DISCHARGE; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SAGARMATHA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 37749029344     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.0783     Document Type: Article

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