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GLACIER "TRIENT"
Risk type: glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Cirque glacier |
| Country: |
France |
| Region: |
Haute Savoie |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
Mont Blanc |
| Municipality: |
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| Location: |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
46 |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
7 |
| Surface (km2): |
7 |
| Lenght (km): |
5 |
| Width (km): |
0.7 |
| Min. altitude (m): |
1730 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3500 |
| Orientation (°) |
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| Slope (°) |
19 |
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EVENT: Date
6/8/1960
- Date quality: |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
An increase of water debit torrent " Tine" (25 m3/s). |
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DAMAGES |
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Roads |
Description: It seems very important damage (200.000 FS according "Gazette de Lausanne") |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Vivian R., 1975 - Les glaciers des Alpes occidentales. Thèse d'état, Imprimerie Allier, Grenoble p.349 (d'après la revue du CAS, C. Mallasigné |
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EVENT: Date
7/7/1942
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
An increase of water debit torrent (from 3.5 m3/s to 26 m3/s). The volume estimated is about 840 000 m3. |
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DAMAGES |
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Farmland, fertile land |
Description: Footbridge and trees have torn off and bank gullied. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Vivian R., 1975 - Les glaciers des Alpes occidentales. Thèse d'état, Imprimerie Allier, Grenoble p.349 (d'après la revue du CAS, C. Mallasigné (1969) et la Gazette de Lausanne. |
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