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Glacier recession and expansion in Hindu Kush-Himalayas and Central Asia Glaciers in 2000


Ts. Tuyuksuyskiy Tutek


Batyrbay Raigorodskiy Mushketov CHINA Urumquihe S. No.1 Ngojumba Melung


Chhule Langdak


Cholo NEPAL BANGLADESH INDIA


Glaciers average lenght variation in surveied years


Metres


100 200 300


0


-300 -200 -100


-400 -500


Notes:


1. Dudh Koshi basin variations recorded between 2000 and 2007. 2. Central Asia variations recorded in different years, for a time range of at least 5 years.


Sources: ICIMOD online database, accessed in July 2010; ICIMOD, Change in Glacial Environment of Everest Region, Nepal, 2008; WGMS online database, accessed in July 2010.


Dudh Koshi basin


Inkhu Lumding W. Chamiang Khumbu Imja


Glaciers disappeared between 1960s and 2000


Mt. Everest


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