Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Hazard, Downstream Impact, and Risk Over the Indian Himalayas

Indian Himalayas are home to numerous glacial lakes, which can pose serious threat to downstream communities and lead to catastrophic socioeconomic disasters in case of a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF). This study first identified 329 glacial lakes of size greater than 0.05 km2 in the Indian Him...

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Published in:Water resources research 2020-04, Vol.56 (4), p.n/a
Main Authors: Dubey, Saket, Goyal, Manish Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
avalanche
Avalanches
Bridges
Cores
decision making
Disasters
Downstream
Flood hazards
Floods
Glacial drift
glacial lake outburst flood
Glacial lake outburst floods
Glacial lakes
Himalayan region
Hydroelectric power
ice
Ice cores
Identification
India
Lakes
Mitigation
Modelling
Moraines
Remote sensing
risk
Risk assessment
Risk reduction
Rock falls
Rockfall
rockfalls
sentinel
Stability
Stability analysis
stakeholders
water
water power
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