Schesatobel#

Schesatobel, Vorarlberg, largest landslide cone in the Eastern Alps caused by clear cutting in the Buers Aussenfeld area near Bludenz. Within a time span of 100 years (starting in approximately 1800) around 40 million m3 moraine material was deposited at the bottom of the Ill valley or in the River Ill forming a large debris cone (80 hectares). Building on the Schesatobel cone and planting on the slopes began in 1899, and a 1,300 m dam was built in Buers; additional civil engineering work is still necessary in parts of the area. Confidence in the effectiveness of the protection measures gave rise to intense building activity in the eastern part of the alluvial cone in the 1960s.

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