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GLACIER "TRIENT"
Risk type: glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)

Glacier list | Statistics
 

Type:  Cirque glacier
Country:  France
Region:  Haute Savoie
Massif/Ice Cap:  Mont Blanc
Municipality:  
Municipality code:  
Location:  
 
Latitude (°, cent):  46
Longitude (°, cent):  7
Surface (km2):  7
Lenght (km):  5
Width (km):  0.7
Min. altitude (m):  1730
Max. altitude (m):  3500
Orientation (°)  
Slope (°)  19

EVENT:  Date  6/8/1960 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  An increase of water debit torrent " Tine" (25 m3/s).
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DAMAGES    

Type:  Roads Description:

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Vivian R., 1975 - Les glaciers des Alpes occidentales. Thèse d'état, Imprimerie Allier, Grenoble p.349 (d'après la revue du CAS, C. Mallasigné

EVENT:  Date  7/7/1942 -  Date quality:   

Type:  Glacier flood (contain both lakes and water pocket)
Description  An increase of water debit torrent (from 3.5 m3/s to 26 m3/s). The volume estimated is about 840 000 m3.
Effects:  
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DAMAGES    

Type:  Farmland, fertile land Description:

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

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.