Extra glacial lake inventory of the Caucasus, 2025: geographic identification and morphometric characteristic

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This dataset presents a comprehensive tabular inventory of extraglacial lakes in the Caucasus region, compiled from remote sensing data acquired during the 2025 ablation season. The tabular format of this inventory facilitates rapid analysis and seamless integration with GIS and statistical software. All extraglacial lakes were mapped using satellite imagery (Sentinel-2) acquired during the 2025 ablation season. Lake boundaries were delineated manually to ensure accuracy, particularly for complex lake geometries. Morphometric parameters were calculated from satellite data and a digital elevation model (DEM). The inventory includes comprehensive morphometric characteristics for each extraglacial lake: geographic identifiers (country, region, river basin), coordinates, elevation, area, perimeter, volume, lake typology.

The dataset covers: Geographic identification: unique geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude in WGS84 decimal degrees, and auxiliary UTM coordinates), elevation, lake name, country, region, and river basin. Morphometric characteristics: lake area (m²), lake perimeter (m), and lake volume (m³).All lakes were mapped using satellite imagery (Sentinel-2) acquired during the 2025 ablation season. Lake boundaries were delineated manually to ensure accuracy, particularly for complex lake geometries and ice-contacting margins.The dataset is intended to support research on glacier-lake interactions, GLOF hazard assessment, and water resource management in the Caucasus. It provides a baseline for monitoring future lake changes and contributes to regional disaster risk reduction efforts.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993979
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.993979
Provenance
Creator Kidyaeva, Vera; Iudina, Viktoriia; Averina, Alena; Pavlyukevich, Ekaterina ORCID logo; Gubanov, Afanasy ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference Russian Science Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100006769 Crossref Funder ID 25-77-10049 Outburst hazard assessment of mountain glacial lakes of the Central Caucasus under climate change using modelling and machine learning methods
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 9732 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (39.873W, 41.166S, 47.989E, 44.059N); Greater Caucasus
Temporal Coverage Begin 2025-07-30T08:06:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2025-10-15T08:06:00Z