In geomorphology, an outburst flood—a type of megaflood—is a high-magnitude, low-frequency catastrophic flood involving the sudden release of a large quantity...

A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a type of outburst flood caused by the failure of a dam containing a glacial lake. An event similar to a GLOF...

The Jishi Gorge outburst flood was a natural disaster that occurred around 1920 BC in China. The water flow during the eruption was one of the largest...

releasing the water trapped behind the ice, and causing a glacial lake outburst flood. But this was shown to be incorrect as satellite images showed no lakes...

northeastern India, to breach its banks, causing a glacial lake outburst flood. The flood reached the Teesta III Dam at Chungthang at midnight, before its...

outburst floods were the result of periodic sudden ruptures of ice dams like those triggering the Missoula floods. In the US, large glacial outburst floods...

The Missoula floods (also known as the Spokane floods, the Bretz floods, or Bretz's floods) were cataclysmic glacial lake outburst floods that swept periodically...

during the reign of Emperor Yao. However, archaeological evidence of an outburst flood at Jishi Gorge on the Yellow River, comparable to similar severe events...

since August 9, which peaked at 15 °C on the day of the flood, contributed to the outburst. The flood, which occurred suddenly, displaced 135 people, including...

Yellow River flood may refer to: Jishi Gorge outburst flood (c. 1920 BC) 1034 Yellow River flood 1048 Yellow River flood 1194 Yellow River flood 1344 Yellow...