Glacial lake outburst flood risk assessment of Sun Koshi basin, Nepal

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-169

  Shrestha, A B ^a   Eriksson, M ^a   Mool, P ^a   Ghimire, P ^b   Mishra, B ^b   Khanal, N R ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b Geographic Information System and Integrated Development Centre (GISIDC)   (Nepal)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; DAM-BREAKS; DEGLACIATIONS; DIRECT IMPACT; DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS; ECONOMIC RISKS; FIELD SURVEYS; FLASH FLOOD; GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD; GLACIAL LAKES; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; HYDROGRAPHS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RIVER BASINS; TRANS-BOUNDARY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; RATING; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79958696318     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475701003668968     Document Type: Article

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