This data is the statistics of the glaciers and their types in Hengduan Mountain area, the information of each glacier, and the data of some glacier snow lines and related parameters in China. The data includes eight tables, which are glacier Statistics (measured data) of Hengduan Mountains, glacier Statistics (measured data) of Hengduan Mountains, glacier types (measured data), basic characteristics (measured data) of some glacier recharge areas in Gongga Mountain, AAR value and avalanche area (measured data) of some glaciers in Gongga mountain, and ice field in Gongga mountain Data statistics of Sichuan (measured data), thickness measurement statistics of 4 glaciers in Gongga Mountain (measured data), snow line data of some glaciers in China and related parameters (data statistics).

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The data set is stored in Excel format, which can be opened and read by office, WPS and other office software. In this data set, through sorting and integrating the data in this paper, there are eight data tables, which are glacier statistics of Hengduan Mountain range, glacier statistics of Hengduan Mountain basin, glacier type statistics of Hengduan Mountain range, basic characteristics of some glacier recharge areas in Gongga mountain range, and the characteristics of Gongga mountain The AAR values of some glaciers and the area of avalanche area, the data statistics of Gongga mountain glaciers, the thickness measurement statistics of four glaciers in Gongga Mountain, the data of some glacier snow lines in China and related parameters.

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Li, J. (2021). Basic information data set of Hengduanshan glacier (1983-1985). A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.11888/Glacio.tpdc.271219. CSTR: 18406.11.Glacio.tpdc.271219. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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