There is a high risk of flash floods, landslides and glacial lake outburst floods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region ...

and Hindu Kush mountains. Characterized by perennial snow cover, this region plays a critical role in global and regional climate systems while serving as a vital freshwater reservoir for over 400 ...

and Hindu Kush mountains. Characterized by perennial snow cover, this region plays a critical role in global and regional climate systems while serving as a vital freshwater reservoir for over 400 ...

First, the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty as tensions flare between riparian neighbours India and Pakistan and second, the publication of the latest Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) snow update ...

NESTLED high above Asia’s crowded plains and winding river systems, the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH ... The river basins it supplies include the Amu Darya Basin which feeds rivers in Afghanistan, ...

In the following article, Aishwarya Sanas, a doctoral researcher working on the politics of cryosphere and global environmental governance, explores the recent report on plummeting snow levels in the ...

According to the latest Snow Update report of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH ... Even snow-dominant basins such as the Amu Darya (-18.8%) and Indus (16.0%) also continued experiencing a reduction ...

As the Earth warms, so do the towering peaks of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH ... Mekong, and Amu Darya. Snowmelt from these mountains sustains agriculture, drinking water supplies, and ...

The geometric "stepped-square" motifs on one goblet, for instance, resemble designs uncovered in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and the gold itself likely came from Central Asia's Amu Darya River ...

The Kingdom of Bactria was located north of the Hindu Kush mountain range and south of the Amu Darya river on the plateau where Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are today. After the death of ...

With glacial lake outburst floods projected to happen more often in the Hindu Kush Himalayas though ... recently agreed to a new water-sharing framework for the Syr Darya and Amu Darya—glacier-fed ...

Bukhara, our next destination, lay another six hours farther east, a journey undertaken via a high road that fascinatingly meandered alongside the legendary Amu Darya River, its waters a vital ...