ByBenBrown

&
LiamHanks

Landslides

Whatisalandslide?
DefinitionThedownwardslidingofarelatively
drymassofearthandrock.(Dictionary.com)
Thetermlandslideincludesawiderangeof
groundmovement,suchasrockfalls,deepfailure
ofslopes,andshallowdebrisflows.

EffectsontheEnvironment

Destroystheslope/hill
Eliminatesallvegetation
Burieshousesandsometimesentirevillages
Weakenstheslopeandmakesitmoresusceptible
tofurtherlandslides

ALandslide
LandslideinSouth
America
400500mhigh
Onlyhalfofhill
visible.

LandslideDiagram

Thisisadiagramofhowalandslidemoved
fromahighpointtothelowestelevationonthe
Island(alake).

LandslideDamages
$1billionindamagesperyear
50to75deathsperlandslide

Whatcausesalandslide?
Erosioncausing
extremelysteepslopes
Powerfulearthquakes
Excessweighton
unstablesoil
Volcaniceruptions
Ash
Greatforce

Slope/ChanceofLandslide

Wheredotheyoccurthemost?
Landslidescanoccuronanysteepslopeand
commonlyoccurin
TheU.S.A.
AppalachianMountains
RockyMountains
PacificCoastalRegions
SouthAmerica

Recentlandslides
Brazil,January2003,8peoplekilled
March4,200314peoplekilled,400buriedin
Bolivia
March19th,20037peoplekilled,13injured,and
20+missinginWesternColumbia
April1st,2003400homesburied,700peoplemissing
Bolivialandslide
April2,200334peoplekilledinIndonesian
flood/landslide

 Bolivia,March4,2003

WorldsWorst

1911
Usoy,Tajikistan
1.5miofrock
1880ft.Damn
Veryfewdeaths

1980
MountSt.Helens,
Washingtonstate
1.7miofrock
Lessthan60fatalities

LandslidesinCentralAmerica

LandslidesinIndia

LandslidesinCanada

ExtraTerrestrialLandslides?
Thinklandslidesoccur
onlyonearth?

Thisshowsalandslideon
thesideofacrateronthe
surfaceofMars

Mudslides

WhatisaMudslide?
DefinitionAmudflow,especiallyaslowmoving
one.
Thesameasalandslide,onlyinvolvinglotsof
water

WhatCausesaMudslide?
Oversaturationofsoilduetomeltingsnowand/or
heavyrain
Erosionoflandbyriversorotherwater
Openhillsidesduetofire
Anythingthatcausesalackofvegetationand
thereforestabilityonaslope
Violentstormsandblastingofweakslopeswill
causeheavyamountsofprecipitationtoweakena
slope

MudslideDamages
$1billionUSDin
damagesperyear
50to75deaths
annually(inUS)

MudslideinCalifornia

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