High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability

D Li, X Lu, DE Walling, T Zhang, JF Steiner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global warming-induced melting and thawing of the cryosphere are severely altering the
volume and timing of water supplied from High Mountain Asia, adversely affecting …

Artificial intelligence models for suspended river sediment prediction: state-of-the art, modeling framework appraisal, and proposed future research directions

H Tao, ZS Al-Khafaji, C Qi… - Engineering …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
River sedimentation is an important indicator for ecological and geomorphological
assessments of soil erosion within any watershed region. Sediment transport in a river basin …

Exceptional increases in fluvial sediment fluxes in a warmer and wetter High Mountain Asia

D Li, X Lu, I Overeem, DE Walling, J Syvitski, AJ Kettner… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Rivers originating in High Mountain Asia are crucial lifelines for one-third of the world's
population. These fragile headwaters are now experiencing amplified climate change …

Flood risk assessment in the Kosi megafan using multi-criteria decision analysis: A hydro-geomorphic approach

K Mishra, R Sinha - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
Floods are one of the most devastating natural events that lead to enormous and recurring
loss of life, properties, and resources around the globe. In India, floods remain a major …

Microplastics in the Koshi River, a remote alpine river crossing the Himalayas from China to Nepal

L Yang, W Luo, P Zhao, Y Zhang, S Kang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Studies of microplastics (MPs) in remote, trans-boundary and alpine rivers are currently
lacking. To understand the sinks and transport mechanisms of MPs, this study investigated …

Heavy metals in surface sediments in the trans-Himalayan Koshi River catchment: Distribution, source identification and pollution assessment

M Li, Q Zhang, X Sun, K Karki, C Zeng, A Pandey… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Rivers flowing across the Himalayas are important water resources and deliver large
amounts of sediment to regional and downstream ecosystems. However, the geochemistry …

[HTML][HTML] Managing erosion and deposition to stabilize a silt-laden river

X Wu, X Feng, B Fu, S Yin, C He - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Human regulations are involved in the hydrogeomorphic processes of silt-laden rivers with
unprecedented intensity, and further, affect the structures and functions of the riverine social …

[HTML][HTML] Designing a decomposition-based multi-phase pre-processing strategy coupled with EDBi-LSTM deep learning approach for sediment load forecasting

M Jamei, M Ali, A Malik, P Rai, M Karbasi… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forecasting accurately suspended sediment load (SSL) in the basin is one of the most
critical issues for river engineering, environment, and water resources management which …

[HTML][HTML] Towards the assessment of sediment connectivity in a large Himalayan river basin

K Mishra, R Sinha, V Jain, S Nepal, K Uddin - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sediment connectivity, defined as the degree of linkage between the sediment sources to
downstream areas, is one of the most important properties that control landscape evolution …

Impact assessment on water quality in the polluted stretch using a cluster analysis during pre-and COVID-19 lockdown of Tawi river basin, Jammu, North India: an …

G Kour, R Kothari, S Dhar, D Pathania… - Energy, Ecology and …, 2022 - Springer
Pollution-free rivers give indication of a healthy ecosystem. The stretch of Tawi river
particularly in the Jammu city is experiencing pollution load and the quality is degraded. The …