Different Types Of Landslides: Natural And Natural Disasters

A landslide is a mass movement of material, such as rock, earth or debris, down the slope of a hill or cliff along a flat or planar slide plane. They commonly occur along the bedding planes, particularly when the underlying bed is impermeable leading to high moisture content hence lubricating the ground surface. There are many different types of landslides. The types of landslide are differentiated based on the materials that are involved and the mode of displacement of these materials. The various types of landslide includes: Falls, Slides and Flows. Falls happened when the materials fall or bounce through the air. Slides is when rock o sediments slides along the Earth’s surface while Flows happened when sediment flows across the Earth’s surface. Further examples of the types of landslides are: slumps, avalanches, lahars, debris flow and mudflow. Most importantly, landslides can result to huge damage and loss of life

There are many different causes which can result to a disastrous landslides. Both natural factor and man-made factor could trigger to the occurrence of a landslide. Naturally, a prolonged, heavy rainfall is the main cause as to why landslides happen. If a slope is saturated and lubricated from the rainwater, there will be less friction to overcome, resulting the slope to collapse. Natural events such as earthquake and volcanic eruption ensue landslide to happen simply from dislodged materials and earthquake tremors.The occurrence of earthquakes in steep