Tsangpo River Landslide (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Tsangpo River Landslide

Caption

The Landsat satellite image at left shows a huge lake on the Tsangpo River behind a dam created by a landslide (in red, lower right of the lake) in early 2000. The image at right shows the river following a catastrophic breach of the dam in June 2000.

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U.S. Geological Survey/NASA

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