<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The entire geographical literature, starting with school textbooks, presents the Himalayas as a classical model of an impermeable orographic barrier, halting the masses of monsoon air and causing aridity of the Tibetan landscapes. Despite of that, however, the author, during his trips to Western and, particularly, to Central Tibet, organised exactly during the summer monsoon, always found the southern regions of these provinces flooded to a large extent with water. It is also puzzling that catastrophic floods occurring in China (connected with the high water in rivers originating in Tibet) are correlated in time with the period of the summer monsoon in the Himalayas.</p></abstract>

The entire geographical literature, starting with school textbooks, presents the Himalayas as a classical model of an impermeable orographic barrier, halting the masses of monsoon air and causing aridity of the Tibetan landscapes. Despite of that, however, the author, during his trips to Western and, particularly, to Central Tibet, organised exactly during the summer monsoon, always found the southern regions of these provinces flooded to a large extent with water. It is also puzzling that catastrophic floods occurring in China (connected with the high water in rivers originating in Tibet) are correlated in time with the period of the summer monsoon in the Himalayas.

Orographic Barrier of the Great Himalayas

Miscellanea Geographica

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The entire geographical literature, starting with school textbooks, presents the Himalayas as a classical model of an impermeable orographic barrier, halting...

Orographic Barrier of the Great Himalayas

Published Online: Nov 25, 2018

Page range: 71 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2004-0009

Keywords
geoecology, high mountains, monsoon

© 2004 Marek Zgorzelski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Orographic Barrier of the Great Himalayas

Published Online: Nov 25, 2018

Page range: 71 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2004-0009

Keywordsgeoecology, high mountains, monsoon

© 2004 Marek Zgorzelski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
geoecology, high mountains, monsoon