dammed
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Some say a landslide may have blocked the river or its tributary for some time, causing the dammed water to burst out, while others say locals upstream saw an ice-avalanche.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Late one night in October 2023, part of the shelf of rocks and ice that dammed the lake in northeast India collapsed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Meadows along those dammed riverscapes have already acted as wildlife safety zones during several fires that burned through the reservation over the past few years, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
The process dirtied lakes, cut down forests and dammed up rivers.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 8, 2024
“Lake Cabora Bassa. The Musengezi used to flow into the Zambezi River until the Portuguese dammed it up. Now the Zambezi’s become a huge lake. You can’t even see across it.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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