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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