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Glacial Retreat on the TIBETAN PLATEAU
(NASA, 2010). ....
20 percent of Tibetan glaciers have retreated in the past 40 years and if the current
trend continues, more than 60 percent of the existing glaciers could be gone in the
next 40 years
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Climate Warming: Drying the head regions of Major Rivers
Eastern Tibet: Head Region of the Machu (Yellow River)
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ICIMOD: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
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China, Burma, Laos,
Thailand, Cambodia
& Vietnam
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ZACHU/ MEKONG RIVER
Supports 70 million people from Tibet to Vietnam.
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Ngari (Ali) Dam ‘or’ Indus Dam
Source: Google Earth
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Yamdrok Tso Project
Work began on 1991 and complete in 2000
It costs 600 million Yuan
It is not recorded how many people have
benefited from the power generated from
this project