View towards SW (downstream). 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. Note the terraced lake sediments in the foreground and the narrow gorge eroded through the dam.

Keywords

aerial view, fluvial erosion, fluvial processes, landslide, landslide dam, landslide deposit, mountainscape, river terraces, rock avalanche, rock slide, steppes and cold deserts, Zonobiome VII

Created

Saturday 15 August 2009 by Martin Mergili in Asia / Tajikistan (10002 visits)