Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in Pakistan- Causes and Effects

Rakaposhi Veiw point - Nagar- Hunza- Gilgit Blastistaan- Pakistan

Introduction Glaciers in Pakistan’s northern mountain ranges (the Hindu Kush, Himalayas, and the Karakorum) are melting quickly due to rising temperatures, and a total of 3,044 glacial lakes have formed in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Of them, 33 glacial lakes have been identified as being vulnerable to dangerous glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF). […]

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