Lessons from the Case History of a Massive Landslide Dam

Figure 16

(a) Filling curves and lake periodic surface elevations for Karli and Tung lakes (significant events related to Karli lake are also shown): October 08, 2005, to March 31, 2007; (b) hydrological data including inflows of the two lakes and the downstream discharge from Hattian Bala landslide dam, daily precipitation in Hattian Bala area, and the average historical precipitation from NOAA [31]: December 26, 2005, to December 31, 2006; (c) plan area and corresponding cumulative volume vs. lake surface elevation for Karli and Tung lakes calculated from the contour maps.

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