Date ( Publication )

2011-07-27T09:46:00

Edition

First

Identifier

np

Presentation form

Digital image

Purpose

This is intended to show different classes of mountain of mountain regions in HKH region.

Status

Completed

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed

Keywords ( Theme )

• Mountain
• Topography

Keywords ( Place )

• Hindu Kush Himalayan Region
• HKH Region

Use limitation

Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation: ICIMOD. (2022). Mountain Regions of Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) Region [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/RDS.8743

Access constraints

License

Use constraints

License

Other constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Spatial representation type

Grid

Distance

800  m

Metadata language

eng

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Location

Supplemental Information

The definition of mountain classes are given in the paper by Kapos et al (2000): Kapos V, Rhind J, Edwards M, Ravilious C, Price MF. 2000. Developing a map of the world’s mountain forests. In: Price MF, Butt N, editors. Forestsin Sustainable Mountain Development. A State-of-Knowledge Report for 2000. Wallingford, UK: CAB International, pp 4–9. The mountain classes are Class 1: elevation > 4500 m ; Class 2: elevation 3500 – 4500 m ; Class 3: elevation 2500 – 3500 m ; Class 4: elevation 1500 – 2500 m and slope >= 20 ; Class 5: elevation 1000 – 1500 m and slope >= 50 or local elevation range (7 km radius) > 300 m ; Class 6: elevation 300 – 1000 m and local elevation range (7 km radius) > 300 m

Reference system identifier

WGS 1984

Hierarchy level

Dataset

File identifier

a80f7f29-d874-49d5-b508-24850a69edf9 XML

Metadata language

eng

Character set

UTF8

Date stamp

2025-07-17T09:40:08

Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata standard version

1.0