View towards E (upstream). This dam, with an estimated volume of 1-1.5 cubic kilometres, was most probably created by a large rock mass movement, even though there is evidence of glacial deposits included in the dam material.

Keywords

landslide, landslide dam, landslide deposit, mountainscape, rock avalanche, rock slide, steppes and cold deserts, Zonobiome VII

Created

Sunday 6 September 2009 by Martin Mergili in Asia / Tajikistan (6575 visits)