Availability of freshwater resources is essential for the survival of society and for the maintenance of natural ecosystems. Himalayas store a large quantity of fresh water in the form of snow and glaciers. Melt water from ...

Gomukh is the snout of Gangotri Glacier located at an altitude of 4000 m from where the snow/glacier meltwater stream known as Bhagirathi river emerges out. Stream and rainfall samples were collected for stable isotopes ...

The Bhagirathi River that originates from the snout of Gangotri Glacier at an elevation of about 4000 m is traditionally considered as the source of Ganga River. In June 2013, a multi-day cloudburst centred on the North ...

In this study Gangotri glacier movement with respect to time as well as changes in the air temperature has been studied using remote sensing and climatic data. The multi-temporal mapping of the snout position using Landsat ...

One of the major findings of the study is that River Bhagirathi remains under closed system conditions from its origin at Gomukh to 14 km downstream at Gangotri, in which high p(CO2) closed system conditions dominates. ...