Rivers draining the Himalaya provide vital resources for almost half of the world's population. A combined model–data analysis suggests that the contribution of groundwater to the annual water budget in the central Himalaya may be substantial.
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Bookhagen, B. Himalayan groundwater. Nature Geosci 5, 97–98 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1366
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