Outburst flood hazard: Case studies from the Tien-Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan

Limnologica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 358-364

  Janský, Bohumír ^a   Šobr, Miroslav ^a   Engel, Zbyněk ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adygine and Koltor lakes; Genetic classification of lakes; Glacial lake; Hazards assessment; Kyrgyzstan; Outburst floods; Petrov; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; FLOOD DAMAGE; GLACIAL LAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE EVOLUTION; LAKE LEVEL; OUTBURST; OUTFLOW; RELIEF; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

KYRGYZSTAN; PETROV LAKE; TIEN SHAN; YSYK-KOL;

EID: 77958181625     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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