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245 0 0 _aMountain Ice and Water : investigations of the hydrologic cycle in alpine environments /
_h[electronic resource]
_cedited by Gregory B. Greenwood and J.F. Shroder.
264 1 _aSaint Louis :
_bElsevier Science,
_c2016.
300 _a1 online resource (404 pages).
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aDevelopments in Earth Surface Processes ;
_vvolume 21
505 0 _aFront Cover; Mountain Ice and Water; Developments in Earth Surface Processes, 21; Mountain Ice and Water: Investigations of theHydrologic Cycle in Alpine Environments; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Foreword; 1 -- The Drakensberg Escarpment as the Great Supplier of Water to South Africa; INTRODUCTION; THE GREAT ESCARPMENT OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AND THE DRAKENSBERG; The Mpumalanga Drakensberg; The eKangala Drakensberg; The Maloti-Drakensberg; The Cape Midlands Escarpment; THE DRAKENSBERG AS A SOURCE OF WATER; Weather Systems Bringing Rain to the Drakensberg.
505 8 _aImportant Water Resource Areas in the DrakensbergRainfall; Heavy Rains and the Effect of Land Management on Discharge and Siltation; Long-Term Change in Mountain Rainfall; Mist; Snow; Evapotranspiration; Water Discharge; Long-Term Changes in River Discharge; HUMAN WATER DEMAND FROM THE DRAKENSBERG; Water Requirements of the South African Economy; The Economic Value of Water From the Drakensberg; Utilization of Water From the Drakensberg; Projections of Sectoral Water Use From the Drakensberg; SOUTH AFRICAN WATER GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT; South African Water Governance and Legislation.
505 8 _aLesotho Water Governance and Catchment ManagementPOTENTIAL CONSTRAINTS ON WATER SUPPLY; Effects of Human Activities; Effects of Climate Change; The Mpumalanga Drakensberg; The eKangala Drakensberg; The Maloti-Drakensberg; The Cape Midlands Escarpment; SYNTHESIS FROM RESEARCH TO DATE; Climate Change; Human Population Growth; Water Governance; IMPROVING THE SECURITY OF MOUNTAIN WATER CATCHMENTS IN A SEMI-ARID REGION; Improved Knowledge of the Factors Affecting Mountain Water Catchments; An Approach for Improved Mountain Ecosystem Governance; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.
505 8 _a2 -- Mountain Area Glaciers of Russia in the 20th and the Beginning of the 21st CenturiesINTRODUCTION; GLACIER SYSTEMS RECEIVING MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC. SUBARCTIC LATITUDES: KHIBINY, URALS, PUTORANA, BYRRANGA, AND ORULGAN; Khybiny; Urals; The Subpolar Urals; The Polar Urals; Putorana Mountains; Byrranga Mountains; The Orulgan Ridge; TEMPERATE LATITUDES: THE CAUCASUS, ALTAI, KUZNETSKY ALATAU, VOSTOCHNY SAYAN, BARGUZIN AND BAIKAL RANGES, KODAR RANGE; The Caucasus; Decrease in Glacier Areas of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range; Changes in Mt. Elbrus Glaciers; Retreat of Glacier Fronts.
505 8 _aSurging Glacier KolkaThe Altai; Dynamics of Glaciers of Katunsky, Severo-Chuisky, and Yuzhno-Chuisky Ranges; Kuznetsk Alatau; East Sayan; Baikal Ridge; Barguzin Ridge; Kodar Ridge; GLACIER SYSTEMS RECEIVING MOISTURE FROM PACIFIC. CHUKOTKA, KORYAK, KOLYMA, CHERSKY, SUNTAR-HAYATA, KAMCHATKA; Chukotka Upland; Koryak Upland; Kolyma Upland; Chersky Mountains; Suntar-Khayata Mountains; Kamchatka; Data and Research Methodology; Contemporary Condition of Glaciers in Kamchatka and Its Variations; Sredinny Range; Kronotsky Peninsula; Volcano Group Klyuchevskaya (Fig. 2.39); Southeast Kamchatka.
500 _aTHE TREND IN DYNAMICS OF MOUNTAIN GLACIERS IN RUSSIA.
588 0 _aPrint version record.
520 _a"Covers major water and ice issues pertaining to planetary dynamics, sustainable development, and new thinking on mountain ice and water that help plan for an uncertain future in the face of climate change."--Back cover.
650 0 _aAlpine regions
_xEnvironmental conditions.
650 0 _aMountain ecology.
650 0 _aHydrologic cycle.
650 7 _aSCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography
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650 7 _aSCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology
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650 7 _aHydrologic cycle.
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650 7 _aMountain ecology.
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aShroder, John F.,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aGreenwood, Gregory B.,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aShroder, John F.
_tMountain Ice and Water : Investigations of the Hydrologic Cycle in Alpine Environments.
_dSaint Louis : Elsevier Science, �2016
_z9780444637871
830 0 _aDevelopments in earth surface processes ;
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856 4 0 _3ScienceDirect
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