Climate change is also having an impact on stream flows. The changes in snowmelt water can explain 19% of the variations in rivers of arid regions like Xinjiang, China  , and the 10.6% of the runoff of the upper Brahmaputra River was contributed by snow during 2003-2014  . A recent study  has shown that with the average temperature after 1998 being 1.0°C higher than that during 1960-1998 in the Tienshan Mountains, the process of glacier shrinkage and decreases in snow cover are causing earlier peak runoff and aggravated extreme hydrological events, affecting regional water availability and adding to the future water crisis in Central Asia. The magnitude and frequency of flooding have increased across
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