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Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya: Glacial Environments, Processes, Hazards and Resources (Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research)
Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya Glacial Environments Processes Hazards and Resources - Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
Author: Kenneth Hewitt
The Karakoram contains the greatest concentration of glaciers and most of the largest ice masses outside high latitudes. They comprise major stores and sources of fresh water in an otherwise extreme, continental, dry region. As many as 200 million people living downstream, in the valleys of the Indus and Yarkand Rivers, depend on melt waters fro...  more »
ISBN-13: 9789400763104
ISBN-10: 9400763107
Publication Date: 9/30/2013
Pages: 400
Edition: 2014
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Publisher: Springer
Book Type: Hardcover
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