A catastrophic landslide and tsunami in the reservoir of the Bureyskaya hydropower plant (The Amur River basin)

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The natural, geological, cryological and hydrogeological conditions and causes of the formation of a catastrophic landslide and tsunami are considered that occurred in the reservoir of Bureyskaya HPP on December 11, 2018. The negative impact of this and other hazardous natural processes on the potential vulnerability of the territory during the water reservoir operation is predicted.

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V. V. Kulakov

Institute of Water and Environmental Problems, the Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, (IWEP FEB RAS)

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Email: vvkulakov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Dikopol’tseva 56, Khabarovsk, 680000

A. N. Makhinov

Institute of Water and Environmental Problems, the Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, (IWEP FEB RAS)

Email: vvkulakov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Dikopol’tseva 56, Khabarovsk, 680000

V. I. Kim

Institute of Water and Environmental Problems, the Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, (IWEP FEB RAS)

Email: vvkulakov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Dikopol’tseva 56, Khabarovsk, 680000

A. V. Ostroukhov

Institute of Water and Environmental Problems, the Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, (IWEP FEB RAS)

Email: vvkulakov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Dikopol’tseva 56, Khabarovsk, 680000

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2. Fig. 1. Photo: a - general view of the landslide (photo from AN Makhinov’s helicopter); b - view of the stall wall in the form of an amphitheater on the northern slope of the r. Bureya and landslide body (photo from AN Makhinov helicopter); c - view from the left bank of the reservoir to the landslide and the valley of the r. Middle Sandar (to the south) with vast areas of forest destroyed by a tsunami wave (photo by AV Ostroukhova); d - descent of water through a canal through a landslide dam on the reservoir of the Bureyskaya HPP (photo by A.N. Makhinova).

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3. Fig. 2. Landslide and tsunami results in the reservoir of the Bureyskaya HPP: 1 - tsunami wave height isolines (1-55 - wave height, m); 2 - sliding surface of the landslide from the slope; 3 - landslide surface body; 4 - landslide underwater body; 5 - zone of destroyed forest; 6 - reservoir water area; 7 - water sampling points.

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4. Fig. 3. The transverse profile of the landslide on the left slope of the valley r. Bureya: 1 - the surface of the slope (the dotted line is the original surface); 2 - landslide body; 3 - trail of scree on the sliding surface of a landslide; 4 - water level in the reservoir at the time of the event (~ 253 m); 5 - individual blocks discarded by a landslide; 6 - “drunk forest”: 7 - forest destroyed by a tsunami wave; 8 - uninjured forest.

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5. Fig. 4. Lapped on board the right tributary to the reservoir in tn-1 (photo by AV Ostroukhova).

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6. Fig. 5. Frost cracks in the area above the landslide stall wall (photo by IA Kovtun).

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