Chan-Mao Chen, James Hollingsworth, Marin K. Clark, Deepak Chamlagain, Sujata Bista, Dimitrios Zekkos, Anuj Siwakoti, A. Joshua West
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In 2021, a catastrophic flood occurred in the Melamchi Valley of Nepal, causing widely distributed erosion in Himalayan headwaters and mobilizing a large sediment volume. As the flood progressed downstream, it induced an erosional cascade, producing 100 m deep incisions into high-elevation valley fills, generating new landslides and burying the lower reaches in alluvium. This event demonstrated the destructive impact of cascading processes and their potential for reshaping the landscape. The 2021 flood in the Melamchi Valley of Nepal triggered a cascade of erosional effects that contributed to the substantial downstream impacts, according to an analysis of satellite imagery and digital surface models.
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