Global Outlook for Ice & Snow

Overall glacier area of Tien Shan (Central Asian repub- lics and China) and Pamirs was estimated by Dyurgerov and Meier 122 at 15 417 km 2 and 12 260 km 2 , respectively, with their maximum recent extent being between the 17th and mid 19th centuries 39,113–115 .

Central Asian Tien Shan and Pamirs

Figure 6B.15: Shrinking of Fedchenko Glacier in the Pamirs of Tajikistan. The debris-covered glacier tongue retreated by more than 1 km since 1933 and lowered by about 50 m since 1980. Photo: V. Novikov (taken in summer 2006); data from the Tajik Agency on Hydrometeorology

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