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Characteristics of failure of landslide.
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| Abstract | water) flooding as the impoundment fills, and (2) downstream flood-ing resulting from failure of the dam. Although less common than upstream flooding, downstream flooding is usually more serious and may be catastrophic. The world’s worst landslide-dam disaster occurred when the 1786 Kangding-Louding earthquake in Sichuan Province, China, triggered a huge landslide that dammed the Dadu River (LI, 1989). After 10 days, the landslide dam breached, creating a flood that extended 1400 km downstream and drowned 100000 people. A similar disaster resulted from the 1513 failure of a rock-avalanche dam of a tributary of the Ticino River in southern Switzerland. The resulting flood engulfed the city of Biasca with a surge of debris and water that continued down the Ticino valley for 35 km, drowning about 600 people (MONTANDON, 1933). These are examples of extreme events that probably could not have been pre-vented even with modern technology. However, mitigative measures can prevent the failure of most landslide dams, or at least can reduce the severity of flooding. |
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| Subject Keyword | Characteristic Failure Landslide Landslide Dam Dadu River Landslide-dam Disaster Downstream Flooding Modern Technology Km Downstream Southern Switzerland Extreme Event Huge Landslide Upstream Flooding Sichuan Province Mitigative Measure Ticino Valley Kangding-louding Earthquake Similar Disaster Impoundment Fill Ticino River Rock-avalanche Dam |
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