Recent Kyagar glacier lake outburst flood frequency in Chinese Karakoram unprecedented over the last two centuries

Baoling Yin, Jing Zeng, Yulun Zhang, Baojuan Huai and Yetang Wang ()
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Baoling Yin: Shandong Normal University
Jing Zeng: Shandong Institute for Food and Drug Control
Yulun Zhang: Shandong Normal University
Baojuan Huai: Shandong Normal University
Yetang Wang: Shandong Normal University

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2019, vol. 95, issue 3, No 22, 877-881

Abstract: Abstract Kyagar glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) have long been a serious nature hazard in Yarkant river basins of the Chinese Karakoram, threatening more than one million people. Between 1810 and 2018, 34 Kyagar GLOF events have been recorded, of which 26 occurred from 1960 onwards and their occurrence frequency reaches at least three times in each decade. An early warning system established in 2011 has successfully predicted the Kyagar GLOF events in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, which provides an important reference for the monitoring and risk pre-evaluation of the GLOFs in Karakoram.

Keywords: Glacier lake outburst floods; Nature hazards; Chinese Karakoram (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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