Mount Adams, New Zealand

Mount Adams, New Zealand

Mount Adams is a mountain in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. It is roughly 19 km south of Harihari and reaches 2,208 m (7,244 feet) in height. [Pat Barrett, 17 August 1999, [http://www.patbarrettimages.co.nz/words/topfromthetop170899.shtml "Top From the Top"] , "Christchurch Press", pg. 36.]

On 6 October 1999, a landslide from Mount Adams deposited 10-15 million cubic metres of rock in the Poerua River, creating a landslide dam that broke six days later. Fears of major damage did not turn into reality when the dam was breached, though significant quantities of coarse gravel were deposited downstream and the river's path was changed in places. [Graham T. Hancox, Mauri J. McSaveney, and Vernon R. Manville, 2005, [http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjgg/2005/049.php "The October 1999 Mt Adams rock avalanche and subsequent landslide dam-break flood and effects in Poerua River, Westland, New Zealand"] , "New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics" 48, pp. 683-705.]

References

* [http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjgg/2005/049.php Report on the 6 October 1999 landslide and its effects]


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