{"id":34717,"date":"2020-07-27T07:21:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T07:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=34717"},"modified":"2020-07-27T07:21:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T07:21:40","slug":"liujing-village-landslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2020\/07\/27\/liujing-village-landslide\/","title":{"rendered":"Liujing Village: a large, ongoing valley-blocking landslide in Chongqing, China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liujing Village: a large, ongoing valley-blocking landslide in Chongqing, China<\/h4>\n

Xinhua has published a photo gallery<\/a> of a large, valley-blocking landslide located close to Liujing village, in Wulong district, Chongqing, China<\/a>:-<\/p>\n

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Liujing Village: the large, ongoing valley-blocking landslide in Chongqing, China. Image posted by Xinhua<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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The landslide has partially blocked the the Yancang River, a tributary of Wujiang River, and a lake has developed, although at this stage the size of barrier is not large:-<\/p>\n

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Liujing Village: the toe of the large, ongoing valley-blocking landslide in Chongqing, China. Image posted by Xinhua.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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In the Xinhua article<\/a> the estimated volume of the landslide is 1.3 million cubic metres, which would seem to be about right to me.\u00a0 In the upper reaches of the landslide the recent displacement is large.\u00a0 In the image below, the displacement of the road appears to be in excess of 20 metres:-<\/p>\n

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Liujing Village: the significant displacement of the road on the ongoing valley-blocking landslide in Chongqing, China. Image posted by Xinhua.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Interestingly though, the blockage of the valley is being caused not this part of the landslide, but by a more active flow on the true left (i.e. the left side when facing downslope) of the landslide.\u00a0 This more dynamic part of the landslide is captured in the image below:-<\/p>\n

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Liujing Village: the very active true left portion of the ongoing valley-blocking landslide in Chongqing, China. Image posted by Xinhua.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Thus, at the moment only a small portion of this landslide is causing the valley-blockage.\u00a0 If a greater part were to become active then a much larger barrier could develop.<\/p>\n

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Quickslide 1: a violent landslide caught on video in India<\/h4>\n

An energetic landslide was caught on video in India this morning:<\/p>\n

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#WATCH<\/a> Uttarakhand: A landslide occurred near ITBP camp in Gauchar of Chamoli district this morning, blocking Badrinath Highway. The operations to clear the highway is underway. pic.twitter.com\/UHaP1AGnih<\/a><\/p>\n

— ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n