- Landslide - Wikipedia
The Mameyes Landslide, in the Mameyes neighborhood of barrio Portugués Urbano in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was caused by extensive accumulation of rains and, according to some sources, lightning It buried more than 100 homes The landslide at Surte in Sweden, 1950 It was a quick clay slide that killed one person Landslides occur when the slope (or a portion of it) undergoes some processes that
- Landslides and Mudslides and Your Safety | Landslides | CDC
Landslides Landslides occur when masses of rock, earth, or debris move down a slope Mudslides or debris flows Debris flows, also known as mudslides, are a common type of fast-moving landslide that tends to flow in channels
- Landslide Hazards Program | U. S. Geological Survey
Landsliding in river valleys poses unique risks for cascading hazards and can damage infrastructure and cause fatalities In postglacial valleys, many landslides are posited to occur in relation to lateral river erosion, but the dynamics of fluvial-hillslope interactions are not well understood Here, we investigate a section of the Nooksack River in western Washington State where the
- Landslide | Definition, Types, Causes, Facts | Britannica
Landslide, the movement downslope of a mass of rock, debris, earth, or soil Landslides occur when gravitational and other types of shear stresses within a slope exceed the shear strength (resistance to shearing) of the materials that form the slope
- Landslide | National Risk Index - FEMA
A Landslide is the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope In the National Risk Index, a Landslide Risk Index score and rating represent a community's relative risk for Landslides when compared to the rest of the United States A Landslide Expected Annual Loss score and rating represent a community's relative level of expected building and population loss each year due to
- Landslide - National Geographic Society
A landslide is the movement of rock, earth, or debris down a sloped section of land
- U. S. Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility Map | U. S . . .
A web-based interactive map that combines the national landslide inventory compilation with the national landslide susceptibility map This searchable map integrates contributions from various local, state, and federal agencies and offers links to the original digital inventory files for more detailed information
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