Snow isn’t the only source of water for the major Himalayan rivers. While every river differs, snow, on average, contributes to about a quarter of all annual water runoff.

You’d be forgiven for thinking of snow leopards as ghosts—so few people have ever glimpsed one in the wild. To imagine a single cat picking its way across the jagged backbone of the Himalayas is to ...

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Discover Lahaul, a cold desert in India with glaciers, rivers, and unique wildlife thriving in extreme seasons.

The Himalayan community of Limi has enacted a ban on wildlife grazing and tourists picking herbs in the region's sensitive ...

Counting cats: The endangered snow leopards of the Himalayas. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 11 / 111128120534.htm ...

Millions of people dependent on Himalayan snowmelt for water face a "very serious" risk of shortages this year after one of the lowest rates of snowfall, scientists warned Monday.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Snow leopards face a severe prospect of both a shrinking range and fragmented populations as climate change makes their Himalayan homeland less ...

The snow leopard population has reportedly increased by 40% in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.  According to the Good News Network, ...

Snow and ice on the Himalayas are a crucial water source for around 240 million people in the mountainous regions, as well as for another 1.65 billion people in the river valleys below, according ...

Snow and ice on the Himalayas are a crucial water source for around 240 million people in the mountainous regions, as well as for another 1.65 billion people in the river valleys below.