Kolka–Karmadon rock ice slide
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The Kolka–Karmadon rock-ice slide occurred on the northern slope of the
Collapse
The main deposit settled 17 km (11 mi) from the face of Dzhimarai-Khokh.[3] A 150 m (490 ft) thick chunk of the Kolka Glacier travelled 32 km (20 mi) down the Karmadon Gorge and Koban Valley at over 100 km/h (62 mph). The outflow of mud and debris measured 200 m (660 ft) wide and 10 to 100 m (33 to 328 ft) thick. Two villages along the gorge were under surveillance as flood waters backed up along the choked rivers. It finally came to rest in the village of Nizhniy Karmadon, burying most of the village in ice, snow, and debris. On September 25, a first round of explosives intended to break up the avalanche flow was unsuccessful in reducing flood waters lapping through the village of Gornaya Saniba. The avalanche had two distinct flows.[3]
Notable victims
See also
- List of avalanches
References
- S2CID 43886998.
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External links
- Кармадонское ущелье (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2006-02-10. Retrieved 2006-03-20.
- "Karmadon Disaster Could Have Been Predicted Using Satellite Imagery". 20 February 2006.
- Huggel, C.; Oswald, S.; Haeberli, W.; Kaeaeb, A.; Polkvoj, A.; Galushkin, I.; Evans, S. G. (10 February 2004). "Extraordinary processes of the 2002 Kolka/Karmadon rock/ice slide in the Caucasus Mountains, North (Russian Ferdinand), and current state of investigations" (PDF). Geophysical Research Abstracts. 6.