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A Qualitative Assessment of Contemporary Glacier Loss in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Using Repeat Photography
Figure 12. Cashan panorama in 2009. Because of growing water scarcity, the lake provides water to downstream communities
through a system of recently built irrigation canals. Photo: A. Byers.
Huantsán (Figuras 13-14)
Figure 13. Huantsán (6050 m) from the Cordillera Negra in
1932. Photo: E. Schneider.
Figure 14. Huantsán from the Cordillera Negra in 1998. The
1932 ice line is shown in red, illustrating that some recession
and thinning of the ice has occurred in the interim. Photo: A.
Byers.
Ticapampa (Figuras 15-16)
Figure 15. The village of Ticapampa from the Cordillera
Negra in 1932. Photo: H. Kinzl.
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Figure 16. The town of Ticapampa from the Cordillera
Negra in 1998. Note the loss of ice on the mountains in the
background, the increase in eucalyptus tree cover, the growth
of the town, and the mining tailings in the left foreground.
Photo: A. Byers.
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