Climate change in Nepal and its impact on Himalayan glaciers

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 65-77

  Shrestha, Arun B ^a   Aryal, Raju ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacial lake outburst flood; Glacier fluctuations; Himalayas; Livelihoods; River discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952106120     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0174-9     Document Type: Article

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