MELTING HIMALAYAS
A PAPER PUBLISHED IN NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE SAYS
RUNOFF INTO BIG RIVERS WILL INCREASE OVER TIME
-'1 With a warming climate,
-L flow of water from the
Himalayas into the Indus,
Ganges, Brahmaputra,
Salween and Mekong rivers
is set to increase until
at least 2050
The waters of these five
rivers —Indus, Ganges,
Brahmaputra, Salween and
Mekong —sustain 1.3 billion
people in 12 countries
Increased runoff to the Indus . Q Glaciers in basins feeding
4
in the coming decades will
come from an accelerated
melting of glaciers
-J all five rivers are projected
to decrease because of
rising air temperature
t: More rains along the Himalayas will increase runoff to the
•J Ganges, Brahmaputra, Salween and Mekong
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