Front Cover; Mountain Ice and Water; Developments in Earth Surface Processes, 21; Mountain Ice and Water: Investigations of theHydrologic Cycle in Alpine Environments; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Foreword; 1 -- The Drakensberg Escarpment as the Great Supplier of Water to South Africa; INTRODUCTION; THE GREAT ESCARPMENT OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AND THE DRAKENSBERG; The Mpumalanga Drakensberg; The eKangala Drakensberg; The Maloti-Drakensberg; The Cape Midlands Escarpment; THE DRAKENSBERG AS A SOURCE OF WATER; Weather Systems Bringing Rain to the Drakensberg.

Important Water Resource Areas in the DrakensbergRainfall; Heavy Rains and the Effect of Land Management on Discharge and Siltation; Long-Term Change in Mountain Rainfall; Mist; Snow; Evapotranspiration; Water Discharge; Long-Term Changes in River Discharge; HUMAN WATER DEMAND FROM THE DRAKENSBERG; Water Requirements of the South African Economy; The Economic Value of Water From the Drakensberg; Utilization of Water From the Drakensberg; Projections of Sectoral Water Use From the Drakensberg; SOUTH AFRICAN WATER GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT; South African Water Governance and Legislation.

Lesotho Water Governance and Catchment ManagementPOTENTIAL CONSTRAINTS ON WATER SUPPLY; Effects of Human Activities; Effects of Climate Change; The Mpumalanga Drakensberg; The eKangala Drakensberg; The Maloti-Drakensberg; The Cape Midlands Escarpment; SYNTHESIS FROM RESEARCH TO DATE; Climate Change; Human Population Growth; Water Governance; IMPROVING THE SECURITY OF MOUNTAIN WATER CATCHMENTS IN A SEMI-ARID REGION; Improved Knowledge of the Factors Affecting Mountain Water Catchments; An Approach for Improved Mountain Ecosystem Governance; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.

2 -- Mountain Area Glaciers of Russia in the 20th and the Beginning of the 21st CenturiesINTRODUCTION; GLACIER SYSTEMS RECEIVING MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC. SUBARCTIC LATITUDES: KHIBINY, URALS, PUTORANA, BYRRANGA, AND ORULGAN; Khybiny; Urals; The Subpolar Urals; The Polar Urals; Putorana Mountains; Byrranga Mountains; The Orulgan Ridge; TEMPERATE LATITUDES: THE CAUCASUS, ALTAI, KUZNETSKY ALATAU, VOSTOCHNY SAYAN, BARGUZIN AND BAIKAL RANGES, KODAR RANGE; The Caucasus; Decrease in Glacier Areas of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range; Changes in Mt. Elbrus Glaciers; Retreat of Glacier Fronts.

Surging Glacier KolkaThe Altai; Dynamics of Glaciers of Katunsky, Severo-Chuisky, and Yuzhno-Chuisky Ranges; Kuznetsk Alatau; East Sayan; Baikal Ridge; Barguzin Ridge; Kodar Ridge; GLACIER SYSTEMS RECEIVING MOISTURE FROM PACIFIC. CHUKOTKA, KORYAK, KOLYMA, CHERSKY, SUNTAR-HAYATA, KAMCHATKA; Chukotka Upland; Koryak Upland; Kolyma Upland; Chersky Mountains; Suntar-Khayata Mountains; Kamchatka; Data and Research Methodology; Contemporary Condition of Glaciers in Kamchatka and Its Variations; Sredinny Range; Kronotsky Peninsula; Volcano Group Klyuchevskaya (Fig. 2.39); Southeast Kamchatka.

THE TREND IN DYNAMICS OF MOUNTAIN GLACIERS IN RUSSIA.

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