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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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