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Hazs
Mas me
● Downward movement of surface materials
caused by gravity.
● Classified as downslope movement or vertical
movement.
● Sinkhole – rapid sinking of the land surface
usually forming depression
Ranl-ic Ladd
● Landslides caused by excessive rain due to
typhoon or thunderstorms.
● Usually happened on high areas specially
mountain and ridges.
Roc l
● develop in zones of weaknesses or in steep
mountainous regions with cliffs are nearly
vertical.
● Occurs when fragments of large masses of
rocks break and prove on a steep slope
Flo
● When water saturates the ground, the
materials become heavier, resulting to debris
flow or mudflow.
Deb Avac
● Debris movements of rocks and soil with
extremely rapid velocity.
Sli n Sum
● Slide – downslope movement of a soil or
rock mass occurring dominantly on defined
surfaces of rupture or thin shear zone.
● Slump – translational slides move along a
surface rupture that is curved and
concave-upward.
Cre
● A relatively less dangerous mass movement
involving the slow downslope movement of
soil and weak rocks on the surface.
Avac
● A very deadly downslope movement.
● Mostly associated with snow capped
mountains.
Gro Sbin ad Cpe
● Subsidence – slow lowering of the land
surface.
● Collapse – relatively fast opening of the land
surface and movement of surface materials
into the underlying cavities.
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