Mountain water resources are of particular importance for downstream populations but are
threatened by decreasing water storage in snowpack and glaciers. Groundwater …

Springs are a significant source of high quality and perennial freshwater supply for remote
communities and sustain rich biodiversity and ecosystems in the Himalayas. About 60–70 …

The meltwater generated from the Himalayan mountain system is an important source of
freshwater sustaining hydrological, ecological and biological activities in upstream and …

Recharge assessment is a challenge in snow and glacier dominated Himalayan basins.
Quantification of recharge to karst springs in these complex geological environments is …

Abstract Western disturbances (WDs) and Indian summer monsoon (ISM) led precipitation
play a central role in the Himalayan water budget. Estimating their contributions to water …

Though springs are the primary source of water for communities in the mid-hills of Nepal, an
in-depth scientific understanding of spring systems is missing, preventing the design of …

Mountains in general are important sources of water resources and correspondingly, the
Upper Indus Basin (UIB) in the Himalayas provides water for hundreds of millions of users …

Karst aquifers provide tremendous benefits to the people in the Indian subcontinent, but their
studies are limited due to scanty observational data. This study examines the ionic and …

Spring constitutes one of the primary water resources in some parts of the world, such as the
Indian Himalayas. However, these remain imperfectly surveyed and delineated far and wide …

The karst aquifers of India are an indispensable source of water to millions of people but the
current globalization and climate change have altered the hydrological and other processes …