The Role of Glaciers in the Hydrologic Regime of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Basins
The headwaters of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya in the western Tien Shan, Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains are a major source of stream flow into the Aral Sea Basin. The water security—affecting energy and food security—of this region and the consequent regional dynamics and politics are connected to...
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okr-10986-240822021-04-23T14:04:18Z The Role of Glaciers in the Hydrologic Regime of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Basins Alford, Donald Kamp, Ulrich Pan, Caleb SNOWFALL ALBEDO FLOODING GAUGING ABLATION SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT ALTITUDE MELTING SNOW COVERING CALIBRATION FLOW CONFLUENCE TEMPERATURE ABSORPTION SNOW MELT WATER ANNUAL RUNOFF DISCHARGE METEOROLOGY WATER SYSTEMS HYDROLOGY CHEMICAL WEATHERING PROGRAMS WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIRS QUANTIFICATION SNOW ACCUMULATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION WATER TOWERS AVALANCHES GAS MEASUREMENTS HUMIDITY SOLAR RADIATION AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY WATER RESOURCES CATCHMENT AREAS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS RADIATION SNOW COVER ICE COVER SPRING RIPARIAN COUNTRIES CATCHMENT BASINS INTERNATIONAL WATER DEBRIS LEADS MELTING BASINS CONTAMINANTS ARIDITY WATER USE WATER SNOWDRIFTS CLOUDS HYPSOMETRIC CURVE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DRAINAGE BASIN SNOW LINE RAINFALL SCIENCES DRAINAGE GLACIERS AQUIFERS CONSUMPTIVE USE NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS STREAMFLOW CHEMISTRY SNOW PACK CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA RUNOFF BASIN FROST LEAD CLIMATE CHANGE DROUGHT BARRIERS SNOW MELT CLIMATE GLACIAL LAKES SNOW FALL SNOW DEPTH SNOWMELT DRAINAGE AREA CATCHMENT COLORS DRAINS MONITORING STATIONS RIVERS ANNUAL STREAM FLOW ANNUAL FLOW DRAIN FLOW GAUGING WATER RESOURCES PLANNING SURFACE RUNOFF HYDROLOGIC REGIME EROSION ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY LAKES LAND ICE MELT ENGINEERING SNOW FIELDS IRRIGATION WATERSHED BRIGHTNESS GROUNDWATER METERS CONSERVATION COAL ICE EARTH SCIENCES GLACIER RUNOFF ICE AGE LESS RAIN PRESSURE CATCHMENT AREA SEA ICE DYNAMICS PIPES GAUGING STATIONS CLIMATOLOGY EVAPORATION GLACIER—RUNOFF RIPARIAN CHANNEL ENERGY MINERALS REMOTE SENSING The headwaters of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya in the western Tien Shan, Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains are a major source of stream flow into the Aral Sea Basin. The water security—affecting energy and food security—of this region and the consequent regional dynamics and politics are connected to these headwaters. Recent concerns related to climate change, glacier retreat and stream flow from these mountains have served to illustrate the very limited understanding that exists concerning the hydrologic regimes of the mountain headwaters of these major river systems as well as of the glaciers, that are a component of those regimes. A better understanding of these hydrologic processes is critical for assessing the amount and timing of water supply and hydropower available (both current and future) for the various countries in the Central Asia region that have headwaters originating in these mountains. Such an understanding is also critical in making estimates of runoff changes under a climate change future. This is the main objective of this study. 2016-04-18T21:15:15Z 2016-04-18T21:15:15Z 2015-05 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24445269/europe-central-asia-assessment-role-glaciers-stream-flow-pamir-tien-shan-mountains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24082 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Central Asia South Asia |
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SNOWFALL ALBEDO FLOODING GAUGING ABLATION SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT ALTITUDE MELTING SNOW COVERING CALIBRATION FLOW CONFLUENCE TEMPERATURE ABSORPTION SNOW MELT WATER ANNUAL RUNOFF DISCHARGE METEOROLOGY WATER SYSTEMS HYDROLOGY CHEMICAL WEATHERING PROGRAMS WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIRS QUANTIFICATION SNOW ACCUMULATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION WATER TOWERS AVALANCHES GAS MEASUREMENTS HUMIDITY SOLAR RADIATION AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY WATER RESOURCES CATCHMENT AREAS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS RADIATION SNOW COVER ICE COVER SPRING RIPARIAN COUNTRIES CATCHMENT BASINS INTERNATIONAL WATER DEBRIS LEADS MELTING BASINS CONTAMINANTS ARIDITY WATER USE WATER SNOWDRIFTS CLOUDS HYPSOMETRIC CURVE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DRAINAGE BASIN SNOW LINE RAINFALL SCIENCES DRAINAGE GLACIERS AQUIFERS CONSUMPTIVE USE NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS STREAMFLOW CHEMISTRY SNOW PACK CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA RUNOFF BASIN FROST LEAD CLIMATE CHANGE DROUGHT BARRIERS SNOW MELT CLIMATE GLACIAL LAKES SNOW FALL SNOW DEPTH SNOWMELT DRAINAGE AREA CATCHMENT COLORS DRAINS MONITORING STATIONS RIVERS ANNUAL STREAM FLOW ANNUAL FLOW DRAIN FLOW GAUGING WATER RESOURCES PLANNING SURFACE RUNOFF HYDROLOGIC REGIME EROSION ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY LAKES LAND ICE MELT ENGINEERING SNOW FIELDS IRRIGATION WATERSHED BRIGHTNESS GROUNDWATER METERS CONSERVATION COAL ICE EARTH SCIENCES GLACIER RUNOFF ICE AGE LESS RAIN PRESSURE CATCHMENT AREA SEA ICE DYNAMICS PIPES GAUGING STATIONS CLIMATOLOGY EVAPORATION GLACIER—RUNOFF RIPARIAN CHANNEL ENERGY MINERALS REMOTE SENSING |
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SNOWFALL ALBEDO FLOODING GAUGING ABLATION SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT ALTITUDE MELTING SNOW COVERING CALIBRATION FLOW CONFLUENCE TEMPERATURE ABSORPTION SNOW MELT WATER ANNUAL RUNOFF DISCHARGE METEOROLOGY WATER SYSTEMS HYDROLOGY CHEMICAL WEATHERING PROGRAMS WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIRS QUANTIFICATION SNOW ACCUMULATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION WATER TOWERS AVALANCHES GAS MEASUREMENTS HUMIDITY SOLAR RADIATION AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY WATER RESOURCES CATCHMENT AREAS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS RADIATION SNOW COVER ICE COVER SPRING RIPARIAN COUNTRIES CATCHMENT BASINS INTERNATIONAL WATER DEBRIS LEADS MELTING BASINS CONTAMINANTS ARIDITY WATER USE WATER SNOWDRIFTS CLOUDS HYPSOMETRIC CURVE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DRAINAGE BASIN SNOW LINE RAINFALL SCIENCES DRAINAGE GLACIERS AQUIFERS CONSUMPTIVE USE NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS STREAMFLOW CHEMISTRY SNOW PACK CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA RUNOFF BASIN FROST LEAD CLIMATE CHANGE DROUGHT BARRIERS SNOW MELT CLIMATE GLACIAL LAKES SNOW FALL SNOW DEPTH SNOWMELT DRAINAGE AREA CATCHMENT COLORS DRAINS MONITORING STATIONS RIVERS ANNUAL STREAM FLOW ANNUAL FLOW DRAIN FLOW GAUGING WATER RESOURCES PLANNING SURFACE RUNOFF HYDROLOGIC REGIME EROSION ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY LAKES LAND ICE MELT ENGINEERING SNOW FIELDS IRRIGATION WATERSHED BRIGHTNESS GROUNDWATER METERS CONSERVATION COAL ICE EARTH SCIENCES GLACIER RUNOFF ICE AGE LESS RAIN PRESSURE CATCHMENT AREA SEA ICE DYNAMICS PIPES GAUGING STATIONS CLIMATOLOGY EVAPORATION GLACIER—RUNOFF RIPARIAN CHANNEL ENERGY MINERALS REMOTE SENSING Alford, Donald Kamp, Ulrich Pan, Caleb The Role of Glaciers in the Hydrologic Regime of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Basins |
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The headwaters of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya in the western Tien Shan, Pamir and Hindu Kush
mountains are a major source of stream flow into the Aral Sea Basin. The water security—affecting
energy and food security—of this region and the consequent regional dynamics and politics are connected to
these headwaters. Recent concerns related to climate change, glacier retreat and stream flow from these mountains have
served to illustrate the very limited understanding that exists concerning the hydrologic regimes of the mountain
headwaters of these major river systems as well as of the glaciers, that are a component of those regimes. A better understanding of these hydrologic processes is critical for assessing the amount and
timing of water supply and hydropower available (both current and future) for the various countries in the
Central Asia region that have headwaters originating in these mountains. Such an understanding is also critical
in making estimates of runoff changes under a climate change future. This is the main objective of this study. |
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Report |
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Alford, Donald Kamp, Ulrich Pan, Caleb |
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Alford, Donald Kamp, Ulrich Pan, Caleb |
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Alford, Donald |
| title |
The Role of Glaciers in the Hydrologic Regime of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Basins |
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The Role of Glaciers in the Hydrologic Regime of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Basins |
| title_full |
The Role of Glaciers in the Hydrologic Regime of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Basins |
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The Role of Glaciers in the Hydrologic Regime of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Basins |
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The Role of Glaciers in the Hydrologic Regime of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Basins |
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role of glaciers in the hydrologic regime of the amu darya and syr darya basins |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24445269/europe-central-asia-assessment-role-glaciers-stream-flow-pamir-tien-shan-mountains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24082 |
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