Wudalianchi: Lava Fields That Reordered the Water
At Wudalianchi, eruptions built two cones and dammed a chain of five lakes. Lava surfaces and Manchu-language observation reports preserve different records of the same changing landscape.
At Wudalianchi, lava blocked waterways and created barriers behind which water accumulated. The five lakes belong to this volcanic system: their shores, surrounding rock and water are all parts of a landscape reshaped by eruptions and gradually occupied by vegetation and human activity.
At Wudalianchi, eruptions built two cones and dammed a chain of five lakes. Lava surfaces and Manchu-language observation reports preserve different records of the same changing landscape.