The U.S. Department of Interior has identified the Truckee River basin as highly likely for potential water supply conflict in the future. A critical water supply to the Truckee River is outflow from Lake Tahoe, and surface and groundwater contributions from the Martis Valley hydrographic area. This paper highlights the development of an integrated surface water and groundwater model, GSFLOW, i...

Abstract. There have been rapid increases in both the number and expansion of proglacial lakes across High Mountain Asia. However, relationship between glacier dynamics remains unclear Himalayan region. Here we present surface elevation, flow-velocity changes, lake Thorthormi Lugge glaciers Lunana region, Bhutanese Himalaya, during 2000–2018 period using photogrammetry GPS survey data. The lowe...

Abstract. Atmospheric warming is intensifying glacier melting and glacial-lake development in High Mountain Asia (HMA), this could increase outburst flood (GLOF) hazards impact water resources hydroelectric-power management. There therefore a pressing need to obtain comprehensive knowledge of the distribution area glacial lakes also quantify variability their sizes types at high resolution HMA....

The geographic distribution of Astragalus (Fabaceae) in Iran was analyzed using a database of 7606 georeferencedobservations. Astragalus occurs in all provinces of Iran, but 88% ofthe observations are in five provinces including Tehran, West-Azerbaijan, Esfahan, Kordestan, and Khorasan-e Razavi.Most species are rare and narrowly endemic: Thelargest distance between two observations of the same ...

It is pure fascination to watch the field of steaming Thoroughbreds thundering in full racing speed past the tightly packed stands of spectators in the marvelous mountain arena on the snow-covered lake of St. Moritz! A horse is able to accelerate from 0 to 60 km/h in only a few seconds, the heart rate speeding up to 200 bpm. Per minute, over 300 liters of blood are pumped through the body and a...