Medeu Dam
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The Medeu Mudflow Control Dam is a dam across the Medeu Valley south-east of Almaty, Kazakhstan, designed to protect the city from devastating debris flows.
Looking down from Medeu Dam, toward the Medeu Skating Rink to the north
In the aftermath of the 1921 Malaya Almatinka debris flow. This is the kind of event that the Medeu Dam is designed to prevent
Sightseers climb Medeu Dam to get a good view of the Medeu Skating Rink
Debris flow
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Debris flows are geological phenomena in which water-laden masses of soil and fragmented rock flow down mountainsides, funnel into stream channels, entrain objects in their paths, and form thick, mudd
Debris flow channel with deposits left after 2010 storms in Ladakh, NW Indian Himalaya. Coarse bouldery levees form the channel sides. Poorly sorted rocks lie on the channel floor.
Scars formed by debris flow in Ventura, greater Los Angeles during the winter of 1983. The photograph was taken within several months of the debris flows occurring.
Ancient debris flow deposit at Resting Springs Pass, California
A debris flow in Ladakh, triggered by storms in 2010. It has poor sorting and levees. Steep source catchment is visible in background.