Modern evolution and hydrological regime of the Bashkara Glacier Lakes system (Central Caucasus, Russia) after the outburst on September 1, 2017

• Main Authors: Ekaterina D. Pavlyukevich, Inna N. Krylenko, Ivan V. Krylenko
• Other Authors: The authors are grateful to the participants of fieldwork, including the entire team of the MSU debris flow group, especially Vera Kidyaeva, Sergey Chernomorets, and the MSU glacial group, especially Dmitry Petrakov, Kirill Ibrayev, Ivan Durmanov and Ekaterina Rets. This work was supported by the grant of the The Government of the Russian Federation (Agreement №075-15-2024-614 date 13.06.2024) (satellite image interpretation), was carried out under the Governmental Order to the Water Problems Institute of RAS, subject FMWZ-2022-0001 (water flow measurement) and under the state assignment of Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University part 1.10, CITIS 121051100166-4 (bathymetric survey), 121051400038-1 (level logger installation).
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Russian Geographical Society 2025
• Subjects: Bashkara Lake; Central Caucasus; moraine-dammed lake; outburst; GLOF; Dammed Lake; Glacial Lake; Lapa; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/3835; https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2024-3717

In high mountain areas, glacial lake outbursts are often the cause of floods and extreme events. Investigation of these events is especially important in the context of ongoing intensive deglaciation and climate change. This study is focused on the monitoring of the Bashkara Glacier Lakes after thei...