Landslide
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- Note
- Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, shallow or deep-seated slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of environments, characterized by either steep or gentle slope gradients, from mountain ranges to coastal cliffs or even underwater, in which case they are called submarine landslides.
Gravity is the primary driving force for a landslide to occur, but there are other factors affecting slope stability that produce specific conditions that make a slope prone to failure. In many cases, the landslide is triggered by a specific event (such as a heavy rainfall, an earthquake, a slope cut to build a road, and many others), although this is not always identifiable.
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Fotografie: Waggon- und Maschinenbau AG Görlitz oder Vorgängerfirmen, Werksgelände (Außenansicht), Abhang mit Mauerung und Gleisanlage nach Erdrutsch, um 1905?
Auf dem Werksfoto ist ein...
Object information
Image: Verkehrsmuseum Dresden - CC BY-NC-SA
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