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Quebrada Humantay with traces of the 2020 GLOF

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View upstream. The glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) process chain of 2020 has eroded the banks of the flow channel, resulting in many landslides, e.g. in the right foreground of the photo. Some of those landslides might have temporarily blocked the river, with the consequence of secondary flooding due to breaching of those natural dams.

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on Wednesday 27 July 2022 by Martin Mergili
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