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Natural Dams - Inherent Risk Factors

Australian Water School via YouTube

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This webinar examines how ice, landslide, and other natural dams form and fail, using case studies such as the Missoula floods, Bonneville, Kaikoura, and Uttarakhand events. It uses 3D visualizations and hydraulic modeling to explore flood impacts and risks to downstream populations.

Syllabus

- Introductions & Polls.
- Types of natural dams & examples.
- Prehistoric dam failure examples.
- Missoula floods GLOF.
- Modelling Missoula flood.
- Bonneville Landslide dam.
- Modelling examples.
- Climate Change Mitigation.
- Research and Resources.
- Q&A.
- Wrap-up & further training.

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Australian Water School

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