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Geography
Exploring the Social, Political, Environmental, and Economic Patterns of the Planet
The Ice Stupas of Ladakh
As Ladakh, an Indian region in the Himalayas, grapples with a climate change induced water crisis, this lesson engages students with an innovative local adaptive strategy - the construction of artificial glaciers in the mold of "ice stupas" - that reflects the place's cultural & economic patterns.
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