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Chubda Glacial Lake: Bumthang District: Located in the upper Chamkhar Chhu basin, this large supraglacial lake was identified as a potential danger in 2001. [28] Taksha Tsho Glacial Lake: Gasa District: Lunana Gewog: Taksha Tsho is 500 metres (1,600 ft) in diameter and 110 metres (360 ft) deep. [6]: 131 Tsokar Glacial Lake: Bumthang District ...
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A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a type of outburst flood caused by the failure of a dam containing a glacial lake. An event similar to a GLOF, where a body of water contained by a glacier melts or overflows the glacier, is called a jökulhlaup. The dam can consist of glacier ice or a terminal moraine.
The lake area increased to approximately 0.8 km 2 (796600 sq m) in 2000 with an average growth rate of 0.02 km 2 per year. Based on a newly released image of 21 November 2009 on Google Earth, the Imja Tsho has attained an area of 1.055 km 2 as a result of which the growth rate of the lake has increased to 0.025 km 2 per year from 2000 to 2009.
Heavy rains and a glacial lake outburst flood combined in 2013 in India to kill thousands of people. A 2021 deadly flood in India that was initially attributed to a glacial lake outburst wasn’t ...
Upstream, a glacial lake had formed, then suddenly burst - sending water, boulders and debris cascading down the valley and gathering speed. The ground trembled so violently some people thought ...
On 7 October 1994, a GLOF from Luggye lake (part of Lunana glacial system) led to over 20 fatalities in Punakha. [1] This disaster, the first of its kind in Modern Bhutan, increased the frequency of glacial-system-surveys by manifold. [1] Evaluation of GLOF hazard has since formed a significant component of glacial expeditions. [1]
These gewogs are the site of some of the most notable and precarious glaciers of Bhutan. These glaciers have thawed significantly over the course of recorded history, causing lethal and destructive glacial lake outburst floods. Chief among the glaciers and glacial lakes within the park are Thorthormi, [5] [6] Luggye, [7] and Teri Kang. [8]