Urumqi’s underground and surface water reserves are supplied from snowmelt from a big glacier in the nearby Tian Shan Mountains. Because of climate change, the glacier is steadily receding and the snow line is retreating to higher elevations.

China Urumqi Tian Shan Mountain climate change snow line city air quality rating pollution desert northwest coal groundwater reserve surface water supply snowmelt glacier energy Circle of Blue Wilson Center China Environment Forum J. Carl Ganter

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