Nepal Himalaya
Ethnobotany in the Nepal Himalaya
... of Nepal is passed down through oral tradition and personal experiences ...in Nepal Himalaya [111], which was consistent to the observation of Philips and Gentry ...the Nepal Himalayas and ...
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Treeline dynamics with climate change at the central Nepal Himalaya
... In Nepal, several impacts of climate change on the physical en- vironment have been observed, but study on the biological impacts is ...central Nepal Himalaya to explore the impact of climate change ...
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A new remote hazard and risk assessment framework for glacial lakes in the Nepal Himalaya
... Abstract. Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) pose a sig- nificant threat to downstream communities and infrastructure due to their potential to rapidly unleash stored lake water. The most common triggers of these GLOFs ...
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Surface lowering of the debris-covered area of Kanchenjunga Glacier in the eastern Nepal Himalaya since 1975, as revealed by Hexagon KH-9 and ALOS satellite observations
... Many Himalayan glaciers are characterized by supraglacial debris cover in their ablation areas. These debris-covered glaciers possess more complex and variable responses to climate change than debris-free glaciers ...
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Earthquakes of the Nepal Himalaya : Towards a Physical Model of the Seismic Cycle
... the Himalaya (dashed line on Figure ...of Nepal (those being the only stations displaying an obvious deviation), justified by the observation by Styron et ...
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Two times lowering of lake water at around 48 and 38 ka, caused by possible earthquakes, recorded in the Paleo Kathmandu lake, central Nepal Himalaya
... Central Nepal Himalaya ...Central Nepal, the basin-fill sediments of the Kathmandu Valley is a valuable archive which recorded crustal deformation and fault rupture caused by large ...
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Cross-cultural comparison of plant use knowledge in Baitadi and Darchula districts, Nepal Himalaya
... Forest resources and alpine pastures complement the mountain agricultural system in both study districts, meeting fuel, fodder, timber, and medicinal needs. Fuelwood is commonly used for heating and cooking. Agriculture, ...
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Modeling the glacial lake outburst flood process chain in the Nepal Himalaya: reassessing Imja Tsho's hazard
... the Nepal Himalaya, where the climate is warming, the topog- raphy is steep, and there is an abundance of seismic activity, an avalanche is the most common GLOF trigger (Emmer and Cochachin, 2013; ...
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Impact of climate change on potential distribution of Chinese caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) in Nepal Himalaya
... It has been unofficially reported that the altitudinal limit of Chinese caterpillar fungus seems to have shifted upwards by 200– 500 m in China due to past climate change [27,33], which may have also caused local ...
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Seasonal and annual mass balances of Mera and Pokalde glaciers (Nepal Himalaya) since 2007
... downscaled gridded climate datasets. They also included Yala and Rikha Samba glaciers in their study and con- cluded that glaciers have been experiencing negative area- averaged mass balances for the last three decades ...
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Glacial and geomorphic effects of a supraglacial lake drainage and outburst event, Everest region, Nepal Himalaya
... The study period coincided with automated water level mea- surements collected every 30 min in the proglacial stream near Pheriche village (Fig. 1). A rating curve has been de- veloped for this position based on 34 ...
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Debris thickness of glaciers in the Everest area (Nepal Himalaya) derived from satellite imagery using a nonlinear energy balance model
... Debris thickness (m) using the ASTER GDEM and nonlinear sloped model for debris-covered glaciers in the Everest region with Ngozumpa, Khumbu, and Imja–Lhotse Shar glaciers, left to right[r] ...
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Variations in near‐surface debris temperature through the summer monsoon on Khumbu Glacier, Nepal Himalaya
... Debris-covered glaciers exhibit a continuous mantle of rock debris over the full width of at least some of their ablation zone (Kirkbride, 2011). These glaciers are common in mountainous re- gions across the world, ...
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Variations in near‐surface debris temperature through the summer monsoon on Khumbu Glacier, Nepal Himalaya
... 116 117 Considering these shortcomings, here we aimed to characterise the spatial and temporal 118 variability in debris surface temperature on a debris-covered glacier using data collec[r] ...
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GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE TECTONOTHERMAL HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEPAL HIMALAYA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THERMAL-MECHANICAL MODELS
... Lu-Hf dates from garnet separates in one relict eclogite from the Arun River valley in eastern Nepal indicate an age of 20.7±0.4 Ma, the first direct measurement of the timing of eclogitization in the central ...
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An ethnobotanical analysis of parasitic plants (Parijibi) in the Nepal Himalaya
... Ethnobotanical information for 23 parasitic plant species distributed among four families and 13 genera were doc- umented during our fieldwork (Table 4). Approximately 82 % of informants surveyed were familiar with all ...
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Indigenous knowledge and use of lichens by the lichenophilic communities of the Nepal Himalaya
... regions (Eastern and Western) of Nepal (Fig. 1). The au- thors (SD, RPC) have accumulated sound knowledge on ethnic values of wild resources during their frequent visits to several mountainous Districts of ...
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Modelling glacier change in the Everest region, Nepal Himalaya
... Our scenarios suggest that future reductions in glacier area will occur mainly in clean ice regions between accumu- lation areas and debris-covered termini. We anticipate that the hypsometric distribution of ice will ...
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Spatial and temporal variability of rainfall in the Gandaki River Basin of Nepal Himalaya
... Topography and altitude play dominant roles in precipitation distribution in Nepal. This study contributes to understanding the spatial and temporal pattern of precipitation and its trends across different ...
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