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GLACIER "MALAVALLE"
Risk type: glacier length changes and glacier flood.
Glacier list |
Statistics
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| Type: |
Ice sheet |
| Country: |
Italy |
| Region: |
Alto Adige |
| Massif/Ice Cap: |
Alpi Retiche - Breonie |
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| Location: |
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| Latitude (°, cent): |
N |
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| Longitude (°, cent): |
E |
| Surface (km2): |
9.42 |
| Lenght (km): |
4.4 |
| Width (km): |
0.6 |
| Min. altitude (m): |
2460 |
| Max. altitude (m): |
3470 |
| Orientation (°) |
90 |
| Slope (°) |
15 |
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EVENT: Date
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- Date quality:sec. XVIII-XIX |
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| Type: |
Glacier length changes |
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| Description |
Huge advance of Malavalle glacier during Little Ice Age. |
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Effects: |
At the beginning of XVIII century the glacier destroyed the hut "die Schöne". |
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DAMAGES |
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Buildings |
Description: |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Castiglioni B., 1930 - Ghiacciai delle Breonie Boll. Comitato Glac. It. Serie I, n. 10, p. 141-191. |
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EVENT: Date
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- Date quality:sec. XVIII-XIX (several events) |
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| Type: |
Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket) |
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| Description |
Emptying of an ice-dammed lake (Eissee), formed by damming of Erpice valley by Vedretta Piana. |
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Effects: |
Several floodings in Val Ridanna. |
| Deaths(#) |
0 |
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Injuried (#) |
0 |
| Note |
In 1745 an artificial dam was built in Piano dell'Accla (2 km far from the lake), in order to contain floodings in the valley below. |
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DAMAGES |
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Buildings |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Castiglioni B., 1930 - Ghiacciai delle Breonie. Boll. Comitato Glac. It. Serie I. N. 10, p. 141-191. |
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