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Sediment Surge: Years After an Earthquake, Rivers Always Carry Mountains Downstream

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On May 12, 2008, the 7.9 magnitude Wenchuan earthquake shook Central China, with destructive earthquakes spreading from the side of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin of the Tibetan plateau. More than 69,000 people died in the event of a disaster. [...]
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Sediment Surge: Years After an Earthquake, Rivers Always Carry Mountains Downstream

On May 12, 2008, the 7.9 magnitude Wenchuan earthquake shook Central China, with destructive earthquakes spreading from the side of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin of the Tibetan plateau. More than 69,000 people died in the event of a disaster. [...]

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Issuesfr broke the news in on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
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