The Vajont Dam or Vaiont Dam is a disused hydro-electric dam in northern Italy. It is one of the tallest dams in the world, with a height of 262 m (860 ft)...
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Vajont (Western Friulian: Vaiònt) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, north-eastern...
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Vajont (Italian: Vajont - La diga del disonore) is a 2001 Italian disaster film directed by Renzo Martinelli. It is a dramatization of the Vajont Dam...
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stream has carved a narrow gorge over time, known as Vajont valley or Valle del Vajont. The term vajont or in dialect, Vajo, appears in documents from 1300...
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places fifty years after the Vajont tragedy. Vol. 1. J-Reading. pp. 51–62. ISSN 2281-5694. Zito, Martina (2016-10-06). "The Vajont disaster and the strength...
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Megatsunami (section 1963: Vajont Dam, Italy)
landslide which caused an initial wave of 524 metres (1,719 ft)), and the Vajont Dam landslide (caused by human activity destabilizing sides of valley)....
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Northern Italy. Its base is located next to the reservoir created by the Vajont Dam, which was built in 1960. In Friulian, the mountain's name is the abbreviation...
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Italy's mountainous regions, leading to ecological disasters such as the 1963 Vajont Dam flood, and the 1998 Sarno and 2009 Messina mudslides. The country had...
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one. The Grande Dixence Dam in Switzerland The Inguri Dam in Georgia The Vajont Dam in Italy The Tehri Dam in India The Mica Dam in Canada The Sayano Shushenskaya...
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Aldo Moro (section Vajont Dam disaster)
SopravvissutiVajont.org. "Vajont, Due Volte Tragedia". Narcomafie (in Italian). 9 October 2002. Retrieved 6 August 2023 – via SopravvissutiVajont.org. Un banco...
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