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Glacial and Postglacial Landforms of the Drawsko Lakeland
The Drawsko Lakeland is situated in the morphogenetic young glacial zone of north-western Poland. In general terms, the landforms of this area have...
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Why are glacial lakes in the eastern Tianshan Mountains expanding at an accelerated rate?
Monitoring alpine lakes is important for understanding the regional environmental changes caused by global warming. In this study, we provided a...
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Suwałki Lakeland—Best Example of Lowland Glacial Geomorphology in Poland
The landscape of Suwałki Lakeland in NE Poland was created during the last, Weichselian glaciationGlaciationWeichselian (Vistulian). After the last...
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Polygenetic Lowland Relief Around the City of Łódź—Glacial Inheritance and Periglacial Transformation
The Łódź region in central Poland straddles the Middle Polish Lowlands in the north and the Upland belt in the south. The most elevated area, above...
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Glacial and Periglacial Geomorphological Study Associated with the Evolution of Rock Glaciers in the High Basin of the Río Cochiguás, Coquimbo, Chile
In the high mountain range of the Elqui Province, Chile, a landscape dominated by glacial and periglacial processes is recognizable. Glaciers have...
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Snowmelt Runoff Forecasting in Himalayan Basins Using Remote Sensing Inputs
In HimalayasSnowmelt runoff forecasting, snow, ice and glaciers play an important role in the hydrology of the region for the growth and sustainable...
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Characterizing the behavior of surge-type glaciers in the Puruogangri Ice Field, Tibetan Plateau
The Puruogangri Ice Field (PIF), classified as an ultra-continental glacier, is considered extremely stable. However, several glaciers in this area...
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Hydrology II: Hydrology, Society of Regions Surrounding Mount Kenya
This study evaluated whether the local communities residing in the leeward side of Mount Kenya in East Africa are aware of the on-going glacier...
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The Cryosphere
The cryosphereCryosphere comprises snow, sea ice, lake and river ice, icebergs, glaciers and ice capsIce caps, ice sheets, ice shelvesIce shelves,...
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Monitoring and analysis of snow cover change in an alpine mountainous area in the Tianshan Mountains, China
Estimating the snow cover change in alpine mountainous areas (in which meteorological stations are typically lacking) is crucial for managing local...
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Environmental Changes, Glacial Morphologies, and Hydropower Development
Nepal has tremendous potential for utilizing water resources to generate non-carbon and climate-friendly conventional renewable hydroenergy and to...
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River and Valley Landscapes
Rivers and valleys contribute to Austria’s proverbial beauty. Driven by climatological characteristics both elements are closely linked to each...
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Estimating thickness of Zemu glacier, Sikkim (India) using ice-flow velocity approach: a geoinformatics based perspective
In the present scenario of warming climate, overall health of the glaciers along with sea level rise/fall are directly impacted by glacial dynamics....
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OSL chronology reveals Late Pleistocene floods and their impact on landform evolution in the lower reaches of the Keriya River in the Taklimakan Desert
The impacts of climate change on the relationship between fluvial processes and dune landform evolution have been studied. However, the chronology...
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Hydrology I: Impact of Glacier Shrinkage on the Water Cycle of Mount Kenya
This study focuses on the shrinkage of glaciers on Mount Kenya (5199 m), which is located in central East Africa. Based on field observations,...
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Hydrology and Fluvial Morphology in Mountains: Those Special Rivers
The Earth's mountains behave as “water towers” [1–3], i.e., as regions receiving large amounts of precipitation compared to lowlands (Chap....
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Ice and Glaciers in the Mountains
As is well known, there are two major domains of ice on the Earth’s surface: (i) polar and circumpolar areas, including near the coastlines, and (ii)...
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Fluvial Processes and Contemporary Fluvial Denudation in Different Mountain Landscapes in Western and Central Norway
In the mountainous landscapesLandscapes of mainland NorwayMainland Norway, fluvial processesFluvial processes and contemporary fluvial...
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Greenland Ice Sheet and Arctic Mountain Glaciers
This chapter provides a review and update of meltwater and Arctic hydrology, and the impact of glacier and ice sheet mass balance contributions to...
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The North European Plain
North European Plain (NEP) spreads from the Belgium and Dutch coast through Germany and Denmark to the eastern parts of Poland. NEP can be divided...