CLIMATE, SNOW COVER, GLACIERS, AND RUNOFF IN THE TIEN SHAN, CENTRAL ASIA1

Journal of the American Water Resources Association - Tập 31 Số 6 - Trang 1113-1129 - 1995
Vladimir Aizen1, E. Aizen1, John M. Mélack1
1Respectively, Associate Researchers and Professor, Institute for Computational Earth System Science, University of California-Santa Barbara, Ellison Hall, Santa Barbara, California 93106.

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ABSTRACT: The Pica Shan, a mountainous region located on the northern periphery of central Asia, has a wide range of climatic and hydrological conditions. On the basis of long term data from 348 meteorological and glaciological stations, the annual distribution of precipitation in different regions and elevational zones of the Tien Shan was calculated. Major climatic features are the entrance of moisture during spring‐summer, small winter precipitation, decrease of precipitation towards the east and the center of the mountains or with distance up valleys, and increase of precipitation with altitude up to crest‐lines of ranges. Annual total evaporation from snow can be 50–60 mm per year, reaching 30 percent of snow accumulation.

Four main groups of rivers were identified: rivers with mainly snow nourishment, rivers with mainly glacial nourishment, rivers with mainly rain nourishment, and rivers with mainly ground water nourishment. Coefficient of runoff variation in Tien Shan's rivers is about 0.20, and coefficient of glacial runoff variation is about 0.15. Glacial runoff is 15–20 percent of the total volume of river runoff.

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Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Tập 31 Số 6

1113-1129

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