Scientists will find out how much water the largest glacier of Altai.
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© RIA Novosti. Yuri Cover Gebler Glacier – the largest Belukha glacier. It has been studied for 120 years. During this time, according to research, he retreated more than two kilometers. Wherein The retreat rate is different depending on various factors. Scientists of the Katun Biosphere Reserve in the Altai Mountains in 2013 will conduct a series of studies to help find out which water volumes are losing annually due to warming the largest mountain glacier Beluga whale, from which originates the main waterway the region – the Katun River, RIA Novosti reported to RIA Novosti Science Reserve Tatyana Yashina. Gebler Glacier – the largest Belukha glacier. It has been studied for 120 years. During this time, according to research, he retreated more than two kilometers. Wherein The retreat rate is different depending on various factors. Experts believe that glacier exploration is very important, since it contains a significant supply of fresh water. Earlier reserve director Alexander Zateev said that due to warming some of the small glaciers have already completely disappeared. Gebler Glacier also melts very quickly. “The glacier retreats from one to 15 meters per year in depending on weather conditions. In ten years, he retreated approximately at 150 meters. One of the reasons it melts is a rise in temperature. air, “said Yashina.” In 2013, we will begin a new stage in the study of the Gebler Glacier. Planned to install geodetic signs – benchmarks for studying the surface of the glacier Gebler. These works will make it possible to understand how much water lost annually in the process of melting the glacier, as it is reduced not only its length, it thaws from above, losing annually a significant part of its mass. If you compare his first shots with modern, you can see that it has become not as massive as was earlier, “the interlocutor added. The Gebler Glacier is the largest Belukha glacier on its southern slope. Another name for the glacier is Katunsky. Located in the Ust-Koksinsky district of the Altai Republic. Named after Friedrich August von Gobler, an outstanding naturalist, geographer, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Length glacier – 8.5 kilometers, area – 8.5 square kilometers.
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