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Himalaya: Water Basins

Map of the Himalayas showing the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river basins, complemented by the Indo-Gangetic Basin alluvial aquifer system and point‑cloud population density. Diagrams illustrating water withdrawals and groundwater further enhance the map.

• Geographic coverage Himalaya
• Type of visual artwork Map
• Year of publication 2026
• Media type Image/webp
• Temporal coverage 2026, 2021 (diagrams)
• Size 9921 × 7016 px
• Language English
• Creator Matthias Beilstein
• Source(s) Transboundary Aquifers of the World, IGRAC and UNESCO-IHP (2025); LandScan Global 2024, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD); United Nations Geospatial; GeoNames; OpenStreetMap
• Contributor Zoï Environment Network
• Funder United Nations Environment Programme; GRID-Arendal
• Link
  Publication "Mountains in Motion: Global Linkages from Ridge to River" on the GRID-Arendal publications page
  https://www.grida.no/publications/3014
  Map compendium "Mountains in Motion: Global Linkages from Ridge to River" on the Zoï Environment Network products page
  https://zoinet.org/product/mountains-in-motion-map-compendium/
• Credit Map by Matthias Beilstein / Zoï Environment Network
• Copyright notice 2026. Matthias Beilstein / Zoï Environment Network. All rights reserved.
• Download Map_himalaya_water_basins_2026.webp
• URL https://beilstein.art/media/images/map_himalaya_water_basins_2026.webp
• NFT
  Blockchain: Ethereum
  Marketplace: Foundation.app
  https://foundation.app/mint/eth/0x0833258ca651f3d4D6f88e0555d15D1B71431D66/1