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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Missoula floods (also known as the Spokane floods or the Bretz floods or Bretz's floods) were cataclysmic glacial lake outburst floods that swept periodically...
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Jökulhlaup (redirect from Glacial melt flood)
[ˈjœːkʏl̥ˌl̥œyp] pronunciation) (literally "glacial run") is a type of glacial outburst flood. It is an Icelandic term that has been adopted in glaciological terminology...
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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...
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South Lhonak Lake (section 2023 outburst flood)
one of the 14 potentially dangerous lakes susceptible to Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOFs). The lake is located at 5,200 m (17,100 ft) above sea level...
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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...
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