This topic has been on the news quite a lot recently with many people, for example in Nepal, suffering the consequences. This ELI is appropriate 'Dam burst danger; modelling the collapse of a natural dam in the mountains – and the disaster that might follow'.
This activity involves finding out what happens when ice blocks that have been trapped in a model moraine melt to release a ‘lake’ of water.
Related ELIs can be found in 'Floods' in our Natural Hazards category.
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