Fig. 3: The spatial distribution of the contribution of glacier meltwater in five basins. | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Fig. 3: The spatial distribution of the contribution of glacier meltwater in five basins.

From: Glacier meltwater has limited contributions to the total runoff in the major rivers draining the Tibetan Plateau

Fig. 3

Blue polygons represent the contribution of glacier meltwater to the total input water at the subbasin scale in each basin. The scatter plots show the relationship between the contribution of glacier meltwater and the glacier cover area ratio, each dot representing the data of a representative elementary watershed (REW). The subplot in the top left corner shows the relation between population and the contribution of glacier melt to streamflow in the three basins with relatively higher contributions of glacier melt. It specifically shows the proportion of the population living in regions where the contribution of glacier melt exceeds a given value.

Back to article page