Dataset Overview

The dataset contains state-, district-, river- and river-basin-wise glacier lakes and other water bodies in the himalayan region which have increased, decreased and not changed (+/- 5% change) in their size of water spread area from the base year 2009 to the year 2021. The different types of rivers and their basins which are covered in the dataset include Ganga, Indus, Brahmaputra, Satluj, Arun Ko...

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Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Sectors

Environment and Forest

Update Frequency

As and when

Granularity

Country, State

Time Saved

4 hours

Number of rows

1401

Number of Columns

Sources

Central Water Commission: Monitoring of Glacial Lakes & Water Bodies in the Himalayan Region of Indian River Basins for the Year 2021

Archive Link

Link 1

Time Period

2009 and 2021

Units

values in hectares

percentage

Data Preview

year	country	unique_idetity_number	river_basin	river_name	lake_or_water_bodies_identity_number	category_change_in_size	sub_category	value	unit
2021	China	CH_148	Ganga	Sun Kosi	02_71H_028	Decreased	Size in 2021	190	value in hectares
2021	China	CH_148	Ganga	Sun Kosi	02_71H_028	Decreased	Percentage Change from 2009 to 2021	-5	value in percentage
2021	China	CH_93	Indus	Satluj	01_62F_002	Decreased	Size in 2021	316	value in hectares
2021	China	CH_93	Indus	Satluj	01_62F_002	Decreased	Percentage Change from 2009 to 2021	-5.11	value in percentage
2021	China	CH_916	Brahmaputra		03_82K_060	Decreased	Size in 2021	88	value in hectares
2021	China	CH_916	Brahmaputra		03_82K_060	Decreased	Percentage Change from 2009 to 2021	-5.38	value in percentage
2021	China	CH_499	Brahmaputra		03_77J_003	Decreased	Size in 2021	84	value in hectares
2021	China	CH_499	Brahmaputra		03_77J_003	Decreased	Percentage Change from 2009 to 2021	-5.62	value in percentage
2021	China	CH_1004	Brahmaputra		03_82N_033	Decreased	Size in 2021	84	value in hectares
2021	China	CH_1004	Brahmaputra		03_82N_033	Decreased	Percentage Change from 2009 to 2021	-5.62	value in percentage

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	2	0	Number	1401
country	4	0	Text	1401
state	5	0	Text	276
district	23	0	Text	216
unique_idetity_number	467	0	Text	1401
river_basin	3	0	Text	1401
river_name	29	0	Text	813
lake_or_water_bodies_identity_number	467	0	Text	1401
category_change_in_size	3	0	Text	1401
sub_category	3	0	Text	1401
value	774	594	Number	1386
unit	2	0	Text	1401
note	0	0	Unsupported	0

Citation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Climate Change: Country-, State-, River- and River-basin-wise Changes in Area of Glacier Lakes and Water Bodies of Himalayan Region [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/19252

Climate Change: Country-, State-, River- and River-basin-wise Changes in Area of Glacier Lakes and Water Bodies of Himalayan Region