High-Risk Glacial Lakes Across the Koshi, Gandaki, and Karnali Basins

This map details 47 high-risk glacial lakes identified in ICIMOD's 2020 inventory, categorized by their potential to trigger catastrophic Glacial Lake Outburst Floods across transboundary river systems.

Chart: Tufan NeupaneSource: Inventory of glacial lakes and identification of potentially dangerous glacial lakes in the Koshi, Gandaki, and Karnali river basins of Nepal, the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, and India. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). Download image