Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Hydropower in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region

CHINA 694 000 341 190

Amu Darya

Tarim

Yellow river

AFGHANISTAN

461

PAKISTAN

42 000

7 477

Brahmaputra

Yangtse

Indus

30 000

NEPAL

1 615

148 000 INDIA 49 382

83 290

BHUTAN

968

BANGLADESH

230

Ganges

Irrawaddy

MYANMAR

100 000

3 140

Hindu Kush Himalaya

Salween

Main river basins

Mekong

Hydropower

Megawatts per country

Installed capacity

Potential

Source:Lutzetal.,2015,ComprenhensiveReviewofClimateChangeand the Impactson Cryosphere,HydrologicalRegimesandGlacierLakes,FutureWater,Statkraftand Icimod; Internationalhydropowerassociation,2018,Hydropowerstatus report, IHA.

200 km GRID-A RENDAL / L ÓPEZ , 2018

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