A large database of 1230 worldwide dam cases- A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles

Data content: A large database of 1230 worldwide dam cases

Data source: through literature search, classification, consolidation and compilation.

Data quality description: classify and sort out the historical cases of weir plug dam from two aspects: qualitative description and quantitative description. The qualitative description includes the country, the name of the dam, the formation time, the type of landslide, the inducing factors, the type of dam body, the mechanism of collapse, etc; Quantitative description includes landslide volume, dam volume, dam height, dam length, dam width, barrier lake length, barrier lake volume, barrier dam life, breach depth, breach top width, breach bottom width, breach time, peak flow, casualties, etc.

File naming and required software

File name: the data of Dujiang landslide is stored in Excel format, and the name of the file is "database Summary - 1230 cases. Xlsx".
Data reading method: it can be directly opened with Excel.

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Cite as:

Zhang, X. (2022). A large database of 1230 worldwide dam cases. A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.11888/HumanNat.tpdc.272077. CSTR: 18406.11.HumanNat.tpdc.272077. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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Support Program

Catastrophic mechanisms and risk control of disastrous landslides in the Tibetan Plateau (No:2018YFC1505000)

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