🌊 Tangjiashan Lake

People's Republic of China · Asia · 31.84°N, 104.46°E

Tangjiashan Lake is a landslide dam-created lake on the Jian River, which was formed by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Its name comes from the nearby mountain Tangjiashan. On May 24, 2008, the water level rose by 2 metres in a single day, reaching a depth of 23 metres (75 ft), just 29 metres (95 ft) below the barrier level. On June 9, 2008, more than 250,000 people had been evacuated from Mianyang in anticipation of the Tangjiashan Lake dam bursting.

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Quick facts

Country	People's Republic of China
Continent / region	Asia
Surface elevation	unknown
Coordinates (approx.)	31.84°N, 104.46°E · view on map

Tangjiashan Lake in People's Republic of China, in Asia. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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