Sarez lake, born by the earthquake
Beautiful Sarez lake was born in 1911 in Pamir Mountains. A landslide dam blocked the river valley after an earthquake and a blue-water lake appeared at more than 3000 m over sea level. However this beauty is dangerous: local seismicity can destroy the unstable dam and the following flood will be catastrophic for thousands Tajik, Afghan, and Uzbek people living near Mugrab, Panj and Amu Darya rivers below the lake.
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- Asia (1063)
- Central Asia (68)
- Tajikistan (25)
- Exact location (72.7692 E, 38.1911 N)
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Taken on 17
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2011
Submitted on 3 February 2014
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Alexander Osadchiev (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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