Application of GIS in Bathymetric Mapping of Gosainkunda Lake : A high altitude lake located at Shyaphru V.D.C, Langtang National Park in Rasuwa District of Nepal

Gosainkunda is one of the important high altitude lakes of Nepal from scientific and cultural point of view. This lake is threatened by climate change, pollution by tourists and pilgrimages and also due to the long range transportation and deposition of pollutants by wind. Although the lake is very famous among tourists and pilgrimages, very little scientific study is done and only few literature regarding the lake are available. This book aims at Production of bathymetric map, Analysis of bathymetric map for describing the lake's morphometry (shape, size, volume, depth) and Describe the change in lake's morphometry over a period of time with the help of GIS as it is important and crucial to record the detail morphological parameters of the lake for future reference and for its conservation and development.