Northern Pakistan / Gilgit-Baltistan

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Environmental overview

A high-mountain region where the Karakoram, Himalaya and Hindu Kush meet, holding some of the largest glacier systems outside the polar regions and feeding the Indus river.

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Sources: 4

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01ClimateSeverity: HighGlacier change and outburst floods in Gilgit-BaltistanWarming is changing high-mountain glaciers and increasing the hazard from glacial lake outburst floods.4 causes · 4 impacts · 4 solutions · 4 sources

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