Constructing dataset of classified drainage areas based on surface water-supply patterns in High Mountain Asia

The High Mountain Asia (HMA) region is a geographical unit, holds the largest reservoir of glaciers and snow outside Earth poles. Four datasets were thus obtained: Glacier- and Stream-fed Drainage Area (GSDA), Glacier-fed and stream-free Drainage Area(GDA), glacier-free and Stream-fed Drainage Area(SDA), and the Glacier- and Stream-free Drainage Area (NGSDA), with the numbers of 87, 107, 32, and 448 separately. The statistical results show GSDA has the largest surface area, accounting for 82.2% of the total basin area in HMA, mainly in the region of the outflow basin. Dominated by small basins, the GDA area accounts for the smallest surface area, only 3.86% of the total, the SDA accounts for 5.62%. For NGSDA, most of these are with small areas, accounting for 8.32%, and mainly distributes in the inflow basin of the Qiangtang Plateau.

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Source http://www.sciencedb.cn/dataSet/handle/923
Author Jieyu Lu, Yubao Qiu, Xingxing Wang, Wenshan Liang, Pengfei Xie, Lijuan Shi, Massimo Menenti, Dongshui Zhang
Last Updated May 26, 2021, 02:45 (UTC)
Created May 7, 2020, 08:22 (UTC)
Geographic Coverage 24°40′N-45°58′N, 61°57′E-105°29′E
Time 2003-2013