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A Bird's-Eye View of Landslide Dammed Lakes in Zanskar Himalaya, India


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1 Geosciences Group, Remote Sensing Applications Area, National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 037, India
 

The landslide lakes or dams are temporary lakes in the river valleys formed by landslide debris. Landslide dammed lakes and their outburst floods (LLOFs) are not uncommon in the Indian Himalaya. Breaching of such temporary lakes with huge amount of accumulated water and sediments can create devastating floods in the downstream areas.
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  • A Bird's-Eye View of Landslide Dammed Lakes in Zanskar Himalaya, India

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K. Babu Govindha Raj
Geosciences Group, Remote Sensing Applications Area, National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 037, India
Tapas R. Martha
Geosciences Group, Remote Sensing Applications Area, National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 037, India
K. Vinod Kumar
Geosciences Group, Remote Sensing Applications Area, National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 037, India

Abstract


The landslide lakes or dams are temporary lakes in the river valleys formed by landslide debris. Landslide dammed lakes and their outburst floods (LLOFs) are not uncommon in the Indian Himalaya. Breaching of such temporary lakes with huge amount of accumulated water and sediments can create devastating floods in the downstream areas.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi06%2F1109-1112