Despite several regional glacier and glacier lake inventories, the relationship between receding glacier, glacial lake evolution (glacial-lake interactions) and their sensitivity to different forcing factors have not been properly understood yet. To better understand these processes, we used satellite images collected in 1994, 2015 and 2017 to monitor the spatially-explicit evolution of glacial lakes and glacier changes. The results show a total of 1 353 glacial lakes covering an area of 7.96 km² in the year 2015. Out of these, a total of 137 glacial lakes having an area of >0.01 km² and located within 2 km periphery of mother glacier have been selected for the monitoring of spatial development between 1994 and 2017. We found an increase in the total lake area from ∼4.9 to ∼7.73 km² between 1994 and 2017, corresponding to an overall expansion of ∼57%. The total area covered by the glaciers associated with these lakes reduced from ∼365 km² in 1994 to ∼358 km² in 2017, accounting for a glacier loss of ∼7 km² and corresponding to ∼1.92% reduction. Our study results are in agreement with global glacier behavior, revealing a rapid glacier recession and accelerated glacial lake expansion under an unprecedented climate change scenario. In addition, the results suggest a significant reduction in the glacier area and a close relationship between the glacier melting and lake changes.

尽管有几个区域性冰川和冰川湖泊清单，但冰川后退，冰川湖演变（冰川湖相互作用）及其对不同强迫因素的敏感性之间的关系尚未得到适当的了解。为了更好地理解这些过程，我们使用了1994年，2015年和2017年收集的卫星图像来监测冰川湖和冰川变化的空间明晰演变。结果表明总共1个353冰川湖的覆盖的7.96公里的区域²在2015年这些中，共具有>0.01公里的区域137个冰川湖²和位于内母亲2公里周边冰川有我们选择了1994年至2017年之间进行空间发展监测。我们发现湖泊总面积从4.9公里增加到7.73公里在1994年至2017年期间为²，相当于整体增长约57％。通过与这些相关联的湖泊冰川覆盖的总面积从~365公里减小²在1994年~358千米²在2017年，占~7公里冰川损失²和对应于减少~1.92％。我们的研究结果与全球冰川行为相吻合，揭示了在前所未有的气候变化情况下冰川的快速衰退和冰川湖的加速扩张。此外，结果表明冰川面积明显减少，冰川融化与湖泊变化之间存在密切关系。