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| Location of Africa's present-day glaciers, marked with solid red triangles.Redrawn from Young and Hastenrath 1991 |
UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service August 2012 Report
Glaciers are one important source of the planet’s freshwater; they store and release it seasonally, replenishing the rivers and groundwaters that provide people and ecosystems with life sustaining water. Declining glacier melt will affect agriculture, domestic supplies, hydroelectricity and industry in the lowlands and cities far from the mountains (UNEP 2007).
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