Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for the Aral Sea Basin
On November 3, 2015, the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an allocation of US$38 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to fi nance the fi rst phase of the CAMP4ASB regional program. This approved fi nancing includes US$9 million for Tajikistan, US$14 million for Uzbekistan, and US$15 million for regional activities to […]
Large drainages from short-lived glacial lakes in the Teskey Range, Tien Shan Mountains, Central Asia
Four large drainages from glacial lakes occurred during 2006–2014 in the western Teskey Range, Kyrgyzs- tan. These floods caused extensive damage, killing people and livestock as well as destroying property and crops. Us- ing satellite data analysis and field surveys of this area, we find that the water volume that drained at Kashkasuu glacial lake […]
Effects of glaciological and hydro-meteorological conditions on the glacial danger in Zailiyskiy Alatau
A need to estimate a hazard of a mudflow stream appearance in the glacial-nival zone of the Northern slope of Zailiyskiy Alatau (Kasakhstan) is now one of the really urgent problems. The objective of this study was to inves tigate influence of glacial and hydrometeorological factors on the condition of snow-glacial zone of Zailiyskiy Alatau […]
Debris flow in the Southeast Kazakhstan.
In 2017 the Institute of Geography on behalf of the Department of Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan developed a “Methodology for the organization and functioning of automated mudflow hazard monitoring in the basins of the rivers Kishi and Ulken Almaty, Kargaly and Aksai”. The work was financed […]
System of the debris flow protection in the Zailiyskiy Alatau range
The system of anti-mudflow measures in Zailiysky Alatau includes: assessment and mapping of mudflow hazard and mudflow risk, preventive emptying of moraine lakes, monitoring and early warning of mudflow hazard, construction of mudflow protection dams. The mudflow hazard maps show the borders of mudflows with different power and frequency. Mudflow risk maps were compiled separately […]
Changes of the cryosphere and related geohazards in the high-mountain areas of tajikistan and austria: A comparison
This paper quantifies recent glacier changes and possible future permafrost retreat in the Austrian Alps and the Pamir and Alai Mountains of Tajikistan (Central Asia), two mountainous areas with striking differences in climate and hypsometry, but also in economy and research history. The aim of the comparative study is to improve the understanding of regional […]
Debris Flow Activity in Trans-Ili Alatau in the 20th — Early 21st Centuries
We examine the debris flow activity in Trans-Ili Alatau since 1900 till the present. Characteristics of the debris flow formation conditions and data on the largest debris flows are presented. A study is made of the interannual and intra-annual variability of debris flow activity. The debris flow activity was characterized by the number of debris […]
Evaluation of glacial lakes and catastrophic floods on the northern slopes of the kyrgyz range
The changing climate in the 20th and 21st centuries has had a profound impact on glacial lake formation and downwasting. The rapid receding of glaciers due to increased atmospheric temperature has caused glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in the nival-glacial belt region on the northern slopes of the Kyrgyz mountain range over the last 20 […]
Deriving a time series of 3D glacier motion to investigate interactions of a large mountain glacial system with its glacial lake: Use of Synthetic Aperture Radar Pixel Offset-Small Baseline Subset technique
We investigated the interactions of Lake Merzbacher with the Southern Inylchek Glacier (Central Tien Shan) using the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Pixel Offset-Small Baseline Subset (PO-SBAS) to derive a time series of three-dimensional (3D) glacier motion. The measurements of 3D glacier velocity were ∼17% more precise than a previous study that did not use the […]
Glacial lake inventory and lake outburst potential in Uzbekistan
Climate change has been shown to increase the number of mountain lakes across various mountain ranges in the World. In Central Asia, and in particular on the territory of Uzbekistan, a detailed assessment of glacier lakes and their evolution over time is, however lacking. For this reason we created the first detailed inventory of mountain […]
Glacial debris flows in Zailiysky Alatau over the past 120 years.
Zailiyskiy Alatau is the most mudflow hazardous mountain region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. At the same time, this area is one of the most densely populated and economically developed one, so mudflows here cause the great damage. The paper presents results of our analysis of the glacial mudflow activity for the period from 1900 […]
Assessment and mapping of mudflow hazards in the Kishi And Ulken Almaty River Basins
In the article the questions connected with assessment and mapping of mudflow danger in the river basins of Kishi Almaty and Ulken Almaty are considered. For the assessment of mudflow danger such characteristics as way of flow and limits of distribution of mudflows of different volumes and repeatability are considered. Apart from that, there was […]