Seasonal variability in the global relevance of mountains to satisfy lowland water demand

Mountain areas play a vital role in global water resources as they often generate disproportionally high runoff and seasonally delay runoff due to storage as snow and ice. Water originating from mountains is used to satisfy human water demand further downstream in the lowlands of the corresponding r...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Sarah Hanus, Peter Burek, Mikhail Smilovic, Jan Seibert, Daniel Viviroli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Subjects:	mountains water demand global seasonal variability water resources lowland water withdrawal
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad8507