Years after an earthquake, rivers still carry the mountains downstream
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On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Over 69,000 people died in the disaster, nearly a third are thought to be from geohazards like the more than 60,000 landslides that rushed down the slopes of the Longmen
Saturday, 16 August 2025 ()
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025