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International Conference
Debris Flows: :
Disasters, Risk, Forecast,
Protection Pyatigorsk, Russia, 22-29
September 2008
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Field
trip to Mt. Elbrus region
This three-day trip will lead the
participants to one of the most debris-flow active areas
of the Caucasus, the Baksan River valley. It is planned
to visit a large landslide near Zajukovo village; a new
debris flow deflection dyke and adjoining quarters in the
town of Tyrnyauz, a destroyed protective dam on the
Gerkhozhan-Su river above Tyrnyauz; debris flow streams
Great and Little Mukulan; Tubele rock avalanche;
Sagaevsky debris flow fan; Tcheget and Azau built-up
areas in the avalanche hazard areas; and to take a cable
car up the slopes of Mt. Elbrus, the highest summit of
Europe.
Guide for
participants of the field trip (PDF, 5 Mb)
Information for participants
We recommend
to participants of the field trip to take water-proof
jacket, warm cup, sweater/fleese and trekking boots.
Weather in region
(Terskol meteorological station, 2143 m a.s.l.)
Photos of the region
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Overview
satellite image of the Caucasus. Field trip area
marked by yellow circle |
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Mt
Elbrus (5642 m a.s.l.) |
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Overview map of
debris-flow hazard in the area (in Russian) |
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The
town of Tyrnyauz during the catastrophic debris
flows in July 2000 |
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Protective
dam in the Gerkhozhan-Su valley, destroyed by
debris flows |
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Fragment
of the dam in the Gerkhozhan-Su valley and
boulders carried by the 1999 debris flow |
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Little
Mukulan River. Debris flow channels in waste rock
heaps of Tyrnyauz mines. Average frequency of
debris flows is about 5 events per year |
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Baksan
River valley. Road destroyed by a
hyperconcentrated flow |
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Ancient
deposits of Tubele rock avalanche in the Baksan
River valley |
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Debris
flow deposits at the fan of the Sagaevsky Gully |
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Elbrus
educational and research glaciological station of
Moscow State University |
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Glacial
Lake Bashkara, a potential source of outburst
flood |
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Adyl-Su
River valley downstream of Lake Bashkara, a
channel of possible GLOF in furure |
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Elbrus
Village |
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Donguz-Orun
River valley |
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Panorama
of the Main Caucasus Range. View from the slopes
of Mt. Elbrus |
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