HINDU-KUSH-HIMALAYAN (HKH) REGION

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• The Hindu-Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region spans Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
  
  
• The HKH region is considered the Third Pole [after the North and South Poles] and has significant implications for climate.
  
  
• The Third Pole, which contains vast cryospheric zones, is also the world’s largest store of snow and ice outside the polar region, and the source of 10 major rivers, and, therefore, particularly sensitive to climate change.