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Return of Kosi river induced by Tibet earthquake [PDF]

, 2008
Seismotectonics and change in river courses were correlated. Following the elastic rebound theory before the occurrence of the earthquake the subsurface rocks accumulate the energy by the tectonic movement.
Saumitra Mukherjee
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Survey of avifauna of the Gharana wetland reserve: implications for conservation in a semi-arid agricultural setting on the Indo-Pakistan border

BMC Zoology, 2017
Background The Gharana wetland conservation reserve (GWCR) is a semi-arid wetland adjacent to agricultural areas on the Indo-Pakistani border. Despite being declared an Important Bird Area (IBA) by Birdlife International, the occurrence and distribution ...
Pushpinder S. Jamwal, Pankaj Chandan, Rohit Rattan, Anupam Anand, Prameek M. Kannan, Michael H. Parsons   +5 more
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A review of Central Asian glaciochemical data [PDF]

, 1990
The glaciers of central Asia provide suitable locations from which to recover continuous, high-resolution glaciochemical records on a continental scale.
Mayewski, Paul A, Spencer, Mary Jo, Wake, Cameron P   +2 more
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A rare sighting of the Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves: Anseriformes: Anatidae) over a four-week period in northwestern India: first detailed scientific documentation in 73 years

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
The Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis is a circumpolar species, breeding in North America, Europe and Asia, however, it is currently among the rarest ducks in Asia, and assessed as globally Vulnerable.
Pushpinder S. Jamwal, Pankaj Chandan, Rohit Rattan   +2 more
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Oblique Convergence in the Himalayas of Western Nepal Deduced from Preliminary Results of GPS Measurements [PDF]

, 1999
A GPS network consisting of 29 sites was installed in central and western Nepal, with measurements taken in 1995 and partial remeasurements in 1997. Data suggest 15 +/−5 mm/yr of N180° convergence between the Higher Himalayas and India, a result that is ...
Avouac, J. P., Gamond, J. F., Jouanne, F., Le Fort, P., Mugnier, J. L., Pandey, M. R., Serrurier, L., Vigny, C.   +7 more
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Preserving Offerings, Prolonging Merit: Efficacy, Skillful Means, and Re-purposing in Plastic Buddhist Material Culture in Contemporary Sikkim

Worldwide Waste, 2023
Despite official bans, public criticism and concern over pollution, plastics are widely used in Buddhist material culture in the Indian Himalayan state of Sikkim.
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa
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Epidemiological Profile and Outcome Predictors of Pediatric Scrub Typhus at a Tertiary Care Health Institution in the Sub-Himalayan Region [PDF]

Pediatric Infectious Disease, 2023
Background: Scrub typhus is an important differential cause of acute undifferentiated febrile illness in the pediatric age-group. Diagnosis of scrub typhus is made by evaluating a child's history of exposure, clinical spectrum, and results of serologic ...
Navendu Chaudhary, Mohit Bajaj, Milap Sharma, Swati Mahajan, Ankit Chaudhary   +4 more
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Multiregional Satellite Precipitation Products Evaluation over Complex Terrain [PDF]

, 2016
An extensive evaluation of nine global-scale high-resolution satellite-based rainfall (SBR) products is performed using a minimum of 6 years (within the period of 2000-13) of reference rainfall data derived from rain gauge networks in nine mountainous ...
Anagnostou, E, Berne, A, Borga, M, Boudevillain, B, Buytaert, W, Chang, CH, Delrieu, G, Derin, Y, Hong, Y, Hsu, YC, Lavado-Casimiro, W, Manz, B, Moges, S, Nikolopoulos, EI, Rodríguez-Sánchez, JP, Sahlu, D, Salerno, F, Vergara, HJ, Yilmaz, KK   +18 more
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Glacio-environmental aspects recorded in two shallow ice cores drilled in 1980 at accumulation area of Khumbu Glacier of Mt. Everest in Nepal Himalayas

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2020
The physical and geochemical characteristics of shallow ice cores drilled in the accumulation area (Western Cwm) of Khumbu Glacier in the Nepal Himalayas in 1980 were analyzed.
Nozomu Takeuchi, Yoichiro Hori, Noboru Furukawa, Minoru Yoshida, Yoshiyuki Fujii   +4 more
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Collective responsibility and environmental caretaking: toward an ecological care ethic with evidence from Bhutan

Ecology and Society, 2023
Attention to environmental caretaking practices of Indigenous, traditional, and rural societies is an important strategy for Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination, as well as for greater ecological sustainability and resilience.
Elizabeth Allison
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