Inventory of glaciers and glacial lakes of the Central Karakoram National Park (CKNP – Pakistan)
| Autor: | Ghulam Rasul, Elisa Vuillermoz, Claudio Smiraglia, Andrea Soncini, Umberto Minora, Davide Maragno, Davide Fugazza, Carlo D'Agata, Guglielmina Diolaiuti, Adnan Shafiq Rana, Riaz Ul-Hassan, Roberto Sergio Azzoni, Antonella Senese, Mohammed Asif Khan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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geography.geographical_feature_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences National park CKNP glacial lake inventory 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development glacier meltwater 0507 social and economic geography Glacier Central Karakoram National Park (CKNP) 01 natural sciences remote sensing Geography potentially dangerous glacial lakes (PDGLs) lcsh:G3180-9980 Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Cryosphere Glacial period Physical geography Protected area 050703 geography CKNP glacier inventory 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Maps, Vol 14, Iss 2, Pp 189-198 (2018) |
| DOI: | 10.6084/m9.figshare.5986753.v1 |
| Popis: | This study presents a map reporting valuable information on the cryosphere of the Central Karakoram National Park (CKNP, the largest protected area of Pakistan and the highest park in the world). All the information is provided considering the CKNP as a whole, and in detail by dividing it into five basins (i.e. Shigar, Hunza, Shyok, Upper Indus, and Gilgit). The glacier inventory reports 608 ice bodies covering 3680 km2 (∼35% of the CKNP area), with a total glacier volume of ca. 532 km3. In addition, we modeled the meltwater from glacier ice ablation over the period 23 July to 9 August 2011. The total melt amount is ca. 1.5 km3. Finally, we considered glacial lakes (202 water-bodies, covering 4 km2). For these latter glacier features, we also analyzed their potentially dangerous conditions and two lakes were found having such conditions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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