Figures & data
Figure 1. Study area.
Figure 2. Classification of slope at Zemu glacier region, Sikkim, Indian Himalayas.
Table 1. Data used.
Figure 3. NDSI image derived from IRS image, with pixel values ranging from −1 to 1.
Figure 4. Glacier map of the area.
Figure 5. Glacial lakes in the Teesta river basin.
Figure 6. Lakes map overlaid on glacier map.
Table 2. Eighteen most vulnerable lakes.
Figure 7. Cascaded Lakes 58 and 59 (Google Earth, Digital Globe).
Figure 8. Presence of supraglacial lakes near a moraine dammed lake.
Figure 9. Area of the lakes.
Figure 10. Distance from the outlet of basin.
Figure 11. Graph showing percentage change in area since 2009.
Figure 12. Lake 140 associated with the Lhonak glacier.
Figure 13. Flood hydrograph due to GLOF.
Table 3. Lake 140 dam breach parameters.
Figure 14. Lake 140, change in extent from 2009 to 2011.
Table 4. Lake 140 extent changes.
Table 5. Flood peak.
