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Landslide dam on the Murghab River, Tajikistan
The Usoi Dam is a natural landslide dam along the Murghab River in Tajikistan. At 567 metres (1,860 ft) high, it is the tallest dam in the world, either
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Lake in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan
landslide. Scientists believe that the landslide dam formed by the earthquake, known as the Usoi Dam, is unstable given local seismicity, and that the
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Natural damming of a river by some kind of landslides
landslide dam of historic times is the Usoi Dam in modern Tajikistan created by a landslide triggered by an earthquake on 18 February 1911. It dammed the Murghab
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285-metre-high (935 ft) Grande Dixence Dam in Switzerland. The tallest natural dam, the 567 m (1,860 ft) Usoi Dam in Tajikistan, is 262 m (860 ft) higher
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Topics referred to by the same term
Usoi can refer to: Usoi, Bulgaria, a village that was merged with Elena in 1971 Usoi Dam, a natural landslide dam on the Murghab River in Tajikistan Usoi
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River in Afghanistan, Tajikistan
the 1911 Sarez earthquake, which created the world's highest natural dam, Usoi Dam. The river is joined by the Ghudara river just below Sarez Lake. From
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Natural disaster in Tajikistan
massive landslide, blocking the Murghab River and forming the Usoi Dam, the tallest dam in the world, creating Sarez Lake. The earthquake and related
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Type of artificial dam
dams are prone to seepage underneath the dam, but embankment dams are prone to seepage through the dam as well; for example, the Usoi landslide dam leaks
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Barrier that stops or slows the flow of water
A dam is a structure that impounds water or restricts its flow. Dams are classified into four basic types: gravity dams are massive structures made of
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Golovnaya Dam Kayrakkum Dam - Kayrakkum Reservoir Nurek Dam Rogun Dam Sangtuda 1 Dam Sangtuda 2 Dam Usoi Dam Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam Tuyamuyun
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Sudden movement of the Earth's crust
danger of catastrophic flooding if the landslide dam formed by the earthquake, known as the Usoi Dam, were to fail during a future earthquake. Impact
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Large inland body of relatively still water
the Pamir Mountains region of Tajikistan, forming the Sarez Lake. The Usoi Dam at the base of the valley has remained in place for more than 100 years
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Geological state that may lead to widespread damage or risk
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from the epicentre of the M7.3 1911 Sarez earthquake which formed the Usoi Dam across the Murghab river. The eastern part of Tajikistan (the Pamir Mountains)
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Retrieved 2010-12-02. "A worldwide perspective on landslide dams" (PDF). Usoi landslide dam and Lake Sarez: An assessment of hazard and risk in the Pamir
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highest dam in the world, the 567 meters (1,860 ft) Usoi Dam, across the Murghab River in what is now Tajikistan. The tremor and the subsequent damming of
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