Kashka-Suu Glaciers

The Kashka-Suu Glaciers are three small valley glaciers at the head of the Kashka-Suu on the northern slopes of the Talas Alatau, on the tribal side of the Qara-Chik Demarcation Line. Their snouts lie between about 3,500 and 3,700 meters.^[1] All three have been retreating since measurements began in the 1960s, and their combined area fell by about a quarter between 1970 and 2018. Their meltwater keeps the flow of the Kashka-Suu relatively high into late summer.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ Talas River Hydrological Monitoring Service (2019). Glacier and Snow Inventory of the Talas Basin, 2014–2018. Talas.
2. ^ Talas State University Press (2014). Fifty Years on Manas: The Manas Peak Glaciological Observatory, 1964–2014. Talas.