Articles | Volume 15, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-2275-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-2275-2011
Research article
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18 Jul 2011
Research article |  | 18 Jul 2011

Snow cover dynamics and hydrological regime of the Hunza River basin, Karakoram Range, Northern Pakistan

A. A. Tahir, P. Chevallier, Y. Arnaud, and B. Ahmad

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