The RÃo Marañón is Moving: Dam Construction in a Volatile Landscape
On a tight curve on a dirt road, rock fall spat off the top of the 30-foot bank, pelting the road. By the looks of the piles of debris in the carriageway, it had been doing this for hours. Rockslides seemed to be a normal occurrence along the road to the RÃo Marañón in Peru’s Andean Cordillera Blanca. This landscape is active!