Assessing Hydropower Potential in Nepal’s Sunkoshi River Basin: An Integrated GIS and SWAT Hydrological Modeling Approach by Rinki Bhattarai, Binaya Kumar Mishra, Deepa Bhattarai, Dipendra Khatiwada, Pankaj Kumar, Gowhar Meraj

“…This study assessed the hydropower potential of a mountain watershed within the Sunkoshi River basin in Sindhupalchok, Nepal, utilizing geographic information systems (GIS) and the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) hydrological model. …”
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Thermos-Solid-Gas Coupling Dynamic Model and Numerical Simulation of Coal Containing Gas by Xiao Fukun, Meng Xin, Li Lianchong, Liu Jianfeng, Liu Gang, Liu Zhijun, Xu Lei

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Identification of Heat Waves and Analysis of Their Temporal-Spatial Variations in Iran by Nasibeh Baharvandi, Firouz Mojarrad, Jafar Masompour

“…The results of the study showed that the highest number of heat waves occurs in the western part of the Zagros Mountains and then the Kavir Plain; while the maximum magnitude of heat waves belong to the south-east and central parts of the country. …”
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Experimental Study of Site-Specific Soil Water Content and Rainfall Inducing Shallow Landslides: Case of Gakenke District, Rwanda by Martin Kuradusenge, Santhi Kumaran, Marco Zennaro, Albert Niyonzima

“…They are mostly triggered by rainfall in mountainous areas where precipitation used to be abundant. …”
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Stability Assessment of the Excavated Rock Slope at the Dagangshan Hydropower Station in China Based on Microseismic Monitoring by K. Ma, N. W. Xu, Z. Z. Liang

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Design and Implementation of a Chatbot for Kurdish Language Speakers Using Chatfuel Platform by Hemn Karim Ahmed, Jamal Ali Hussein

“…The proposed chatbot is tested on an electronic tourist guide that helps visitors to the religious places in the mountainous village of Barzanja that is located in Iraqi Kurdistan. …”
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Landslide Susceptibility Zonation Mapping Using Machine Learning Algorithms and Statistical Prediction at Hunza Watershed Basin, Pakistan by A. Khan, G. Khan, M. Minhas, S. A. Hussain Gardezi, J. Ahmed and N. Abbas

“…The mountainous region of the Hunza River watershed basin, especially along the Karakorum highway, and also known as a third pole for the high accumulation of glaciers, which leads to huge devastating landslides occurring every year. …”
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An Evaluation of the Causes and Effects of Soil Erosion in Kabale District. A case Study of Ikumba Sub-County. by Immaculate, Kebirungi

“…Transportation and deposition of soil in Uganda is because of three major agents that is water, wind and glaciers (on snow caped mountain of Rwenzori) although there other minor agents like high population. …”
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Hyperdominance of Tree Species and Biomass in Mount Gede Pangrango National Park, Indonesia by Andes Hamuraby Rozak, Sri Astutik, Zaenal Mutaqien, Didik Widyatmoko, Endah Sulistyawati

“…Hyperdominance analysis of tree species and large trees (DBH > 50 cm) contribution to tree biomass were investigated in tropical mountain forest of Mount Gede Pangrango National Park (TNGGP). …”
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Spatiotemporal patterns and driving factors of NDVI changes in the central and Western Asia economic corridor over the past decade by Kaimin Wang, Kaimin Wang, Min Xu, Shaohua Wang, Lin Wang, Haijing Tian, Sornkitja Boonprong, Xiaotong Gao, Xiaotong Gao, Xinwei Yang, Heyi Guo, Heyi Guo, Jingbo Li, Jingbo Li, Yujie Yang, Yujie Yang, Ruichen Hu, Ruichen Hu, Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Chunxiang Cao

“…Significant degradation was observed in the hilly areas of northern Kazakhstan, the low-altitude areas bordering the Tian Shan and Hindu Kush mountains, and the central part of the corridor. Conversely, significant restoration was concentrated in the hinterland of Kazakhstan and the coastal areas of the Caspian Sea. …”
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Presence of the Anopheles culicifacies complex species A in southeast Iran by Seyed Massoud Madjdzadeh, Nahid Behi, Mohammad Amin Gorouhi, Arsalan Amirkafi, Mohammad Ali Oshaghi

“…Results Data analysis revealed a positive correlation between An. culicifacies s.l. specimens and altitude, with most specimens collected from mountainous areas. Both allele-specific PCR and sequencing PCR confirmed the presence of species A in the study areas of Kerman Province. …”
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Defining the sensitivity of cosmic ray muons to groundwater storage changes by Tramontini, Matías, Rosas-Carbajal, Marina, Zyserman, Fabio Iván,  Longuevergne, Laurent, Nussbaum, Christophe, Marteau, Jacques

“…In this work we employ for the first time, the muography method to investigate groundwater variations at the scale of 100 m. We study a mountainous karstic aquifer in the Mont Terri Underground Rock Laboratory (URL), Switzerland. …”
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Effect of Rock Particle Content on the Mechanical Behavior of a Soil-Rock Mixture (SRM) via Large-Scale Direct Shear Test by Longqi Liu, Xuesong Mao, Yajun Xiao, Qian Wu, Ke Tang, Feifei Liu

“…The mechanical strength of the landslide deposits directly affects the safety and operation of the roads in the western mountainous area of China. Therefore, the research is aimed at studying the mechanisms of a landslide deposit sample with different rock particle contents by analyzing its characteristics of the stress-strain behavior, the “jumping” phenomenon, the volumetric strain, and the shear strength parameters via a large-scale direct shear test. …”
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Effect of Boundary Layer Evolution on Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Formaldehyde (HCHO) Concentrations at a High-altitude Observatory in Western India by Mriganka Sekhar Biswas, G. Pandithurai, M. Y. Aslam, Rohit D. Patil, V. Anilkumar, Shrikant D. Dudhambe, Christophe Lerot, Isebelle De Smedt, Michel Van Roozendael, Anoop S. Mahajan

“…Using observations of the boundary layer height, back trajectories and the known photochemistry, we conclude that the observed diurnal variation in these two species is dominated by the mixing of emissions from the base of the mountain, resulting from the evolution of the boundary layer at the HACPL site.…”
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Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents as Green Alternatives for Extracting Bioactive Compounds from <i>Sideritis</i> Taxa with Potential Cosmetic Applications by Lamprini Zissi, Virginia D. Dimaki, Vassiliki S. Birba, Vassiliki C. Galani, Vassiliki Magafa, Sophia Hatziantoniou, Fotini N. Lamari

“…This study investigated the potential of natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs) for extracting bioactive compounds from the aerial parts of two mountain tea taxa, <i>Sideritis clandestina</i> ssp. …”
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Lessons learnt from measures taken to prevent rabies introduction and spread into a long rabies free territory (case study of the Irkutsk Oblast) by I. V. Meltsov, A. M. Ablov, E. N. Shkolnikova, M. E. Koplik, P. A. Minchenko, T. V. Desyatova, I. D. Zarva, A. D. Botvinkin, A. Ye. Metlin

“…Relative geographic isolation of the Irkutsk Oblast favors to the long animal rabies freedom of this territory. The vast area of mountain taiga with low fox population serves as an ecological barrier. …”
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Spatiotemporal range dynamics and conservation optimization for endangered medicinal plants in the Himalaya by Fu-Lv Liu, Winnie Wanjiku Mambo, Jie Liu, Guang-Fu Zhu, Raees Khan, Abdullah, Shujaul Mulk Khan, Lu Lu

“…Global climate change threatens the spatiotemporal distribution and resilience of species, especially those in mountainous regions. The Himalaya, a global biodiversity hotspot, harbors one of the richest medicinal plant communities, which are economically significant and contribute to human well-being through their health benefits. …”
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OW-YOLO: An Improved YOLOv8s Lightweight Detection Method for Obstructed Walnuts by Haoyu Wang, Lijun Yun, Chenggui Yang, Mingjie Wu, Yansong Wang, Zaiqing Chen

“…Walnut detection in mountainous and hilly regions often faces significant challenges due to obstructions, which adversely affect model performance. …”
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Robust Time-Series InSAR Deformation Monitoring by Integrating Variational Mode Decomposition and Gated Recurrent Units by Peifeng Ma, Zeyu Jiao, Zherong Wu

“…However, the original TS-InSAR measurements, being a superposition of trend, seasonal, and noise signals, often suffer from outlier and annual seasonal variations due to the influences of atmospheric delay, especially in coastal and mountainous areas, resulting in skewed monitoring if neglected. …”
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Numerical Simulation and Optimization of Outdoor Wind Environment in High-Rise Buildings Zone of Xuzhou City by Huanhuan Fang, Xiang Ji, Jiuxin Wang, Jijun Lu, Mengcheng Yang, Jiajun Li, Zhongcheng Duan

“…The front-to-rear building spacing is approximately 1.44 times the building height, with an additional 15 m spacing from mountain walls. Optimal wind conditions are achieved with a center-vacant building layout. …”
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