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Nearly 2 Billion People Depend on Himalayan Meltwater, and a New Report Says It's About to Peak

A September 2026 study of the Hindu Kush Himalaya's roughly 40,000 glaciers, only 21 of which are monitored on the ground, warns the rivers trekkers…

By Laxman Rawal · Sep 16, 2026

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Every trekker who has filled a bottle from a side stream above Namche or watched a glacial river churn grey with rock flour below Manaslu has touched the same water system a new report just put a number on: about 2 billion people, roughly a quarter of…

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What this means for trekkers

What this means for you None of this changes a trek booked for this autumn or next spring, the shift the report describes plays out over decades, not seasons. But it's why we take glacial-lake and river-crossing advisories seriously on routes like Everest…

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