• Satellite photo showing the Usoi Dam, the western end of Sarez Lake and the smaller Shadau Lake. The Usoi Dam is a natural landslide dam along the Murghab River...
  • This is a natural landslide dam along the Murghab River in Tajikistan. At 567 m high, it's the tallest dam in the world, natural or manmade.
  • A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which was called Usoi.
  • The Usoi dam was created in the winter of 1911 after an enormous seismogenic rock slide completely blocked the valley of the Bartang River in the Pamir Mountains...
  • The Usoi Dam in Tajikistan is by far the tallest dam on Earth, and there’s nothing manmade about it. The dam lies along the Murghab River.
  • Usoi dam does not overflow, and the lake drains only by seepage through the dam at about 150 meters below the crown.
  • Lake Sarez was created in 1911 when an earthquake set off a landslide, which formed the enormous Usoi Dam.
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    The Usoi Dam in Tajikistan claims the top spot as the tallest dam on Earth, towering...
  • Analysts are worried that the Usoi dam could be a target for terrorists, who with one well-placed bomb could cause untold damage to surrounding communities.
  • A natural landslide dam along the Murghab River in the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan. ... flow of the river. [ url:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usoi_Dam ].