Glaciers Fluctuation over the Last Half Century in the Headwaters of the Enguri River, Caucasus Mountains, Georgia - International Journal of Geosciences

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International Journal of Geosciences

Volume 6, Issue 4 (April 2015)

ISSN Print: 2156-8359 ISSN Online: 2156-8367

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Glaciers Fluctuation over the Last Half Century in the Headwaters of the Enguri River, Caucasus Mountains, Georgia ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ijg.2015.64031 2,983 Downloads 3,889 Views Citations

Author(s)

Levan G. Tielidze, George Lominadze, Nino Lomidze

Affiliation(s)

Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Geogia.

ABSTRACT

The article considers the variability glaciers parameters of Headwaters of the Enguri River in the years of 1960-1986-2014. The headwaters of The Enguri Riverare located on the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus, in Georgia. Detailed morphologic and morphometric description of glaciers is given. During our research, we used the topographic maps of 1960 and Landsat L5 TM (Thematic Mapper) aerial images, taken in August 1986 and 2014, and the GPS data of 2014. In the mentioned study, except for the old topographic maps and aerial images we used the climate information that we have collected from Mestia weather station (Mestia is the regional center of Zemo Svaneti), which is the only operating weather station in region. Along with the dynamics of glaciers the course of the air temperature has been identified, mainly trends of mean annual and monthly air temperatures for different periods 1961-2013, 1961-1986, 1987-2013 are made. According to them, main reasons for glacier retreat areanalyzed.

KEYWORDS

Glaciers Dynamic, Glaciers of Georgia, Caucasus Mountains, Remote Sensing, Adishi, Khalde and Shkhara Glaciers

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Tielidze, L. , Lominadze, G. and Lomidze, N. (2015) Glaciers Fluctuation over the Last Half Century in the Headwaters of the Enguri River, Caucasus Mountains, Georgia. International Journal of Geosciences, 6, 393-401. doi: 10.4236/ijg.2015.64031.

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