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Landslide Dams the Chilcotin River

Debris from a landslide in British Columbia blocked the river’s flow for several days before water found a way through.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Landslide Dams the Chilcotin River.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photographs courtesy of the Province of British Columbia. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published August 6, 2024
Data acquired July 16 - August 1, 2024

Sources:: Landsat 9 > OLI-2; Photograph