Glacial Lakes in the Nepal Himalaya: Inventory and Decadal Dynamics (1977–2017)

Himalayan glaciers, in general, are shrinking and glacial lakes are evolving and growing rapidly in number and size as a result of climate change. This study presents the latest remote sensing-based inventory (2017) of glacial lakes (size &#8805;0.0036 km<sup>2</sup>) across the Nepa...

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Main Authors: Nitesh Khadka, Guoqing Zhang, Sudeep Thakuri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/12/1913