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Landslide dam
A
landslide dam
,
debris dam
, or
barrier lake
is a natural
damming
of a
river
by some kind of
mass wasting
:
landslide
,
debris flow
,
rock avalanche
or
volcano
. If it is caused by
earthquake
, it may also be called a
quake lake
. Some landslide dams are as high as
the largest existing artificial dam
.
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