Paute River II

by Al Bourassa

Title

Paute River II

Artist

Al Bourassa

Medium

Photograph - Photographic Artworks

Description

The Paute River is a tributary of the Santiago River, which is a tributary of the Amazon River. The Paute Dam is located on the river and is a major contributor to the electrical supply of the country.
The Josefina disaster, a giant landslide that blocked the Rio Paute. The blockage created what was, for a month, the largest lake in Ecuador that extended into the northeast suburbs of Cuenca.
Paute’s central plaza was under a meter of water.
The March 29, 1993 landslide and flood, named for the village of Josefina, destroyed more than 1,000 homes and killed at least 100 people. The resulting flood backed up to the Cuenca suburbs of La Paz and Challuabamba, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage. Before the 300 foot high landslide-dam collapsed 33 days later, on June 2, many thought the flood waters would inundate Cuenca itself.
Although heavy rains contributed to the landslide, authorities later concluded that it was actually triggered by illegal gravel and sand mining at the base of the mountain. The collapse dumped more than 20 million cubic meters of earth into Rio Paute canyon that connects Cuenca to Paute and Gualaceo, instantly killing 70 people. In the weeks following the landslide, the lake behind the dam grew to 15 miles in length and contained almost 300 million cubic meters of water.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from my photograph taken June 26/16 near Paute, Ecuador, South America nestled in the Andes Mountains.
Final processing done with Smart Photo Editor.
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May 31st, 2017

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