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Data description paper
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17 Jun 2021
Data description paper |
| 17 Jun 2021
| 17 Jun 2021
Glacier changes in the Chhombo Chhu Watershed of the Tista basin between 1975 and 2018, the Sikkim Himalaya, India
Arindam Chowdhury
Department of Geography, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
793022, Meghalaya, India
Milap Chand Sharma
Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi 110067, India
Department of Geography, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
793022, Meghalaya, India
Manasi Debnath
Department of Geography, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
793022, Meghalaya, India
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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.
This is an integrated watershed-based study of glacier change across the Chhombo Chhu Watershed...
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