Asia ; Asian part of Russia ; Climatic variation ; Geomorphology ; High mountain ; Himalaya ; Holocene ; Human impact ; Mongolia ; Monsoon ; Permafrost ; Quaternary ; Rill wash ; Sakha ; Snow line ; Soil erosion ; Tibet ; Tree line
Himalaya, and less precise observations from Yakutia, the whole Mongolian and Quaidam-Tibet-Himalayan sections of the transect, and the Meghalaya Plateau.