Lower Barun Glacial Lake

Glaciers in the Himalaya are leaving behind 1000s of glacial lakes as they thin and retreat. Here, Lower Barun Glacier has formed a lake >200 m deep and growing. The lake featured in a recent study by Haritashya et al. (2018) investigating three large glacial lakes in Nepal icluding Thulagi and Imja.

3D view of Lower Barun Glacier and lake. [Credit: Scott Watson]

Area change of Imja, Lower Barun, and Thulagi Glacial Lakes as monitored using Landsat
satellite images from the early mid-1970s to 2017. Second- and third-order polynomial projections are
fitted to each lake area data to extrapolate possible future growth up to 2025.[Credit: Haritashya et al. 2018]

Bathymetry of Lower Barun Lake. [Credit: Haritashya et al. 2018]

Haritashya,U. Kargel, J. Shugar, D. Leonard, G. Strattman, K. Watson, C. Shean, D.Harrison, S. Mandli, K. and Regmi, D. 2018. Evolution and Controls of LargeGlacial Lakes in the Nepal Himalaya. RemoteSensing. 10(5), p798.https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10050798