Himalayan groundwater (original) (raw)

• News & Views
• Published: 10 January 2012

Hydrology

Nature Geoscience volume 5, pages 97–98 (2012) Cite this article

• 2409 Accesses
• 42 Citations
• 8 Altmetric
• Metrics details

Subjects

Rivers draining the Himalaya provide vital resources for almost half of the world's population. A combined model–data analysis suggests that the contribution of groundwater to the annual water budget in the central Himalaya may be substantial.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Subscribe to this journal

Receive 12 print issues and online access

$259.00 per year

only $21.58 per issue

Buy this article

• Purchase on SpringerLink
• Instant access to the full article PDF.

USD 39.95

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Additional access options:

• Log in
• Learn about institutional subscriptions
• Read our FAQs
• Contact customer support

Figure 1: Topographic map of the greater Himalaya region.

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

References

1. Immerzeel, W. W., van Beek, L. P. H. & Bierkens, M. F. P. Science 328, 1382–1385 (2010).
   Article Google Scholar
2. Bookhagen, B. & Burbank, D. W. J. Geophys. Res.-Earth 115, F03019 (2010).
   Google Scholar
3. Rodell, M., Velicogna, I. & Famiglietti, J. S. Nature 460, 999–1002 (2009).
   Article Google Scholar
4. Andermann, C. et al. Nature Geosci. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038.ngeo1356 (2012).
5. Kargel, J. S., Cogley, J. G., Leonard, G. J., Haritashya, U. & Byers, A. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 108, 14709–14710 (2011).
   Article Google Scholar
6. Cogley, J. G., Kargel, J. S., Kaser, G. & Van der Veen, C. J. Science 327, 522–522 (2010).
   Article Google Scholar
7. Scherler, D., Bookhagen, B. & Strecker, M. R. Nature Geosci. 4, 156–159 (2011).
   Article Google Scholar
8. Kaser, G., Grosshauser, M. & Marzeion, B. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 107, 20223–20227 (2010).
   Article Google Scholar
9. Bolch, T., Pieczonka, T. & Benn, D. I. Cryosphere 5, 349–358 (2011).
   Article Google Scholar

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

1. Bodo Bookhagen is in the Department of Geography, 1832 Ellison Hall, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106-4060, USA,
   Bodo Bookhagen

Corresponding author

Correspondence toBodo Bookhagen.

Rights and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Bookhagen, B. Himalayan groundwater.Nature Geosci 5, 97–98 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1366

Download citation

• Published: 10 January 2012
• Issue date: February 2012
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1366

This article is cited by