A rapid downslope movement of rock, debris or soil under gravity, typically triggered by heavy rainfall, earthquakes, slope undercutting or human excavation. Landslides range from shallow translational slides of a thin soil layer to massive rock avalanches involving millions of tonnes of material, and are among the most destructive mass-wasting hazards to human settlement.
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Landslides, also known as landslips, rockslips, rockfalls, mudslides, mudslips or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows.
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