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![]() Moraine dam hole of roughly 50 m wide and 40 m high 5. Detailed geologyThe sudden outburst and flood of rocks is clearly confirmed by the large,
800 m long and 300 m wide boulder
field in front of the moraine dam.
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6. Glacial lakes bursts in Nepal and Tibet6.1 Overview before 1998A good overview of glacial lake floods is given by ISSUES MOUNTAIN IN DEVELOPMENT 1997/3Here 9 major glacial lake outburst floods are reported that took place between 1935 and 1985. The best documented flood is the one of 1985 near Namche Bazar. Other examples of glacial lake bursts (to be completed): ![]() ![]() ![]() 6.2 Other glacial lake bursts in 1998Sherpa guides reported that in 1998 in Tibet near Gaudari (?) a natural glacial lake dam broke and that it flooded the Sun Kosi river between Kathmandu and Charikot, east of Kathmandu, running along the main highway to from Kathmandu to Tibet. |