An international study has cautioned that the growing number of hydroelectric projects near glacier lakes in the Himalayas increases risks of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF). The 2023 flood ...
Here’s your knowledge nugget for today. The environment ministry’s expert appraisal committee (EAC) has cleared a proposal to construct a 118-metre high dam in the same place where a devastating ...
The collapse of a 14.7-million cubic metre mass of rock, ice and sediment into the South Lhonak glacial lake was the trigger behind the devastating 2023 Sikkim flood that destroyed a hydropower dam on ...
Supra-glacial debris cover is key to glacier ablation through increasing (thin debris layer) or decreasing (thick debris layer) melt rates, thereby regulating the mass balance of a glacier and its ...
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A ribbon lake is a large, narrow lake found in a U-shaped valley. It forms in a hollow that a glacier has eroded more deeply. Misfit streams or rivers meander through the flat, wide U-shaped floor.
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Cloudy. Medium chance of showers and drizzle. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h. Sun protection recommended from 9:30 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach ...
There’s still snow on the upper slopes, look. I hear there are lots of glacial features to see here. CONNOR: Yes, like corries, like that one over there. A corrie is an armchair-shaped hollow ...