DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN HIGH MOUNTAIN ASIA (HMA) ARE AFFECTING NATURAL HAZARDS. HMA IS VULNERABLE DUE TO THE EXPOSURE OF LARGE POPULATIONS AND BECAUSE OF HIGH SEISMIC AND EARTH SURFACE PROCESS ACTIVITY. WE WILL EXPLORE LINKS BETWEEN MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND GLACIERS SNOWFIELDS GLACIAL LAKES AND UNSTABLE MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ROCK DEBRIS IN GLACIERIZED NEPAL BHUTAN AND ADJOINING CHINA- A HMA REGION OF ABUNDANT GLACIAL LAKES AND FLOODS IN THE KOSHI AND GANDAKI BASINS (NEPAL) TO 200 KM DOWNSTREAM. WE WILL INVESTIGATE OVER THE SATELLITE ERA (SINCE LANDSAT 5) THE MASS MOVEMENT ENVIRONMENT OF GLACIAL LAKES LAKES EFFECTS ON GLACIER DYNAMICS AND TIMESCALES FROM GLACIER LAKE INCEPTION THROUGH GROWTH TO GLACIER LAKE OUTBURST FLOODS (GLOFS); COMPARE GLOFS WITH OTHER MOUNTAIN FLOOD TYPES: TRIGGERS TIMESCALES PEAK DISCHARGES AND DOWNSTREAM REACH.