Sentences with phrase «annual glacier runoff»
Annual glacier runoff is highest in warm, dry summers and lowest during wet, cool summers, further providing a balance to summer runoff (Fountain and Tangborn, 1985; Hock et al., 2005).
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«Thus, annual glacier runoff volume typically increases until a maximum is reached, often referred to as «peak water.»»
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But a new discussion paper, «The role of glaciers in stream flow from the Nepal Himalaya,» (Alford and Armstrong, The Cryosphere Discuss., 4, 469 - 494, 2010) concludes that glacial runoff contributes only about 4 % to the total annual stream flow of the Ganges system; the great majority is contributed by monsoon rains.