Glacier changes in the Chhombo Chhu Watershed of  the Tista basin between 1975 and 2018, the Sikkim Himalaya, India

Chowdhury, Arindam; Sharma, Milap Chand; Kumar De, Sunil; Debnath, Manasi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2923-2021

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2923-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2923-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

Data description paper

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17 Jun 2021

Data description paper |

| 17 Jun 2021

Glacier changes in the Chhombo Chhu Watershed of the Tista basin between 1975 and 2018, the Sikkim Himalaya, India

Arindam Chowdhury, Milap Chand Sharma, Sunil Kumar De, and Manasi Debnath

Data sets

Glacier Inventories in the Chhombo Chhu Watershed of Tista basin, Sikkim Himalaya, India [Data set] Arindam Chowdhury, Milap Chand Sharma, Sunil Kumar De, and Manasi Debnath https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4457183

Short summary

This is an integrated watershed-based study of glacier change across the Chhombo Chhu Watershed in the Sikkim Himalaya, 1975–2018. This glacier analysis comprised 74 glaciers with a total area of 44.8 ± 1.5 km² including 64 debris-free glaciers with an area of 28.4 ± 1.1 km² (63.4 % of total glacier area) in 2018. Mean glacier area of the watershed stands at 0.61 km², with dominance of small-sized glaciers. Our mapping revealed that there has been a glacier area recession of 17.9 ± 1.7 km².