The Val Pola Rock Avalanche occurred on July 28, 1987. A total of 40-50 million cubic metres of rock were mobilized after a period of extensive rainfall. Besides destroying a number of villages and claiming dozens of lives, the landslide impounded a lake and reshaped part of the upper Valtellina. Pizzo Coppetto (3066 m) appears behind the landslide, the Bergamo Alps can be seen in the left central background.
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- on Sunday 17 August 2014 by Martin Mergili
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- landslide, mountainscape, non-tropical montane forest, rock avalanche, rock slide, Zonobiome VI
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