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Articles | Volume 26, issue 2
Articles | Volume 26, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-1001-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-1001-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 26, issue 2
Research article
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02 Mar 2026
Research article |  | 02 Mar 2026

Constantly renewing glacial lakes in the Kyrgyz Range, northern Tien Shan

Mirlan Daiyrov and Chiyuki Narama

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Glacial lakes in the Kyrgyz Range, northern Tien Shan, have nearly doubled from 1968 to 2021 as glaciers shrank by 31%. Lake turnover was remarkably high: of the 274 lakes mapped in 1968, 190 had disappeared by 2000, yet 154 new ones emerged, followed by 175 more by 2021. Continuous lake renewal in the Kyrgyz Range results from the combined effects of glacier retreat, glacier‑moraine complex (GMC) expansion, and buried-ice melt which caused surface subsidence and formation of new under warming.
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