The deadliest landslide Nepal has seen in a decade went on to produce a hazardous barrier lake.
Published Sep 23, 2014
Acquired on August 3, 2011, this natural-color image shows the spillway relieving pressure on the lake created by a January 2010 landslide in the Hunza Valley of northern Pakistan.
Published Sep 4, 2011
On July 2, 2010, a landslide-dammed lake in Pakistan appeared to have overtopped the dam, and water was streaming out through a man-made spillway.
Published Jul 2, 2010
As water backed up behind a landslide on the Tsarap River, authorities grew concerned about flash floods.
Published Jan 27, 2015
In Peru, a landslide damaged farmland and stopped the flow of an important local river.
Published Jul 3, 2020
The longest river in Asia, the Yangtze River brings mixed blessings to China. Although it meets the water needs of millions of people, the river regularly overflows its banks. To protect residents and land in the lower Yangtze floodplains, China began construction on the Three Gorges Dam in 1994.
Published Jun 13, 2007
Acquired March 16,2010, this true-color image shows a lake created by a landslide in the Hunza Valley of northern Pakistan. The landslide appears near the upper left corner, and a submerged bridge appears near the lower right corner.
Published Mar 18, 2010
In the wake of the May 12, 2008, earthquake in China, a series of landslides blocked the Jiangjiang River, creating swollen reservoirs that threatened to break through and flood catastrophically. The largest of these lakes, Tangjiashan Lake, threatened roughly 1.3 million people.
Published Jun 11, 2008
Irrigation from Lake Nasser, one of the world’s largest man-made lakes, has increased the amount of arable land and crop production in Egypt.
Published Jul 8, 2020
One of the world’s largest artificial lakes, Lake Nasser is named after the Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser, who is largely responsible for the lake’s creation. President Nasser decided to build the Aswan High Dam across the Nile, forming a lake approximately 550 kilometers (340 miles) long.
Published Nov 3, 2005
Debris from an earthquake-induced landslide has dammed a river in Nepal.
Published May 7, 2015
Acquired on May 2, 2010, this false-color image shows a growing landslide lake in the Hunza Valley of Northern Pakistan. A white outline shows the landslide lake’s extent in mid-March 2010.
Published May 11, 2010
