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Chilcotin River’s Landslide Lake Begins Draining

Erosion-resistant glacial sediment in the landslide deposit limited the extent of flooding downstream.  


NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photographs courtesy of the Province of British Columbia. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published August 15, 2024
Data acquired July 16 - August 9, 2024

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Photograph