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High-Altitude Lakes Expanding In Arunachal, Raising Flood Risk: Study

The study, published in Discover Hazards, assessed 127 lakes across Arunachal Pradesh. It found that 89 lakes were at low risk, 36 at medium risk and two at high risk of glacial lake outburst floods

High-Altitude Lakes Expanding In Arunachal, Raising Flood Risk: Study

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