{"id":5545,"date":"2020-12-02T23:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T23:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=5545"},"modified":"2020-12-03T00:30:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T00:30:56","slug":"how-do-landslides-form","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/how-do-landslides-form\/","title":{"rendered":"How do landslides form?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5545\" class=\"elementor elementor-5545\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ff478e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ff478e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"0414eab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Landslides and Mudslides<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eefd1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"8eefd1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-landslides-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5592 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-are-landslides-and-mudflows\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What are landslides and mudflows?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5591 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/how-do-landslides-form\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">How do landslides form?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5590 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/causes-of-landslides\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Causes of landslides<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5589 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-landslides\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of landslides<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5588 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/landslide-prone-areas\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Landslide prone areas<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5587 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-landslides\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of landslides<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5586 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/landslides-factsheet\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Landslides factsheet<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5585 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/before-during-and-after-landslides\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Before, during, and after landslides<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b91c3e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7b91c3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span 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elementor-element-77d1c6d\" data-id=\"77d1c6d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a38d116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a38d116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do landslides form?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-988fe69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"988fe69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whenever there is a natural disturbance or instability in a piece of land on a hill, slope, mountain, or generally upland area, there is a potential of a landslide. This is because the material of the hill is held in place by its natural bonding and the gravity acting on it. That means when the earth material loses its bonding either through weathering, erosion, or too much water in the bedrock, the weight of the overlying rock will give way, and gravity will pull the earth downhill.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5716\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mudslide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mudslide.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mudslide-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In this illustration above, you notice (A) that the hill was held in place by its natural bonding. After too much water in the earth, the bonding is broken up, and the earth falls in (B) due to gravity.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Natural disasters such as floods, earth movements (earth trembles, earthquakes, and volcanic activity) can also set off landslides as they all have the potential to break up earth material.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The possibility and scale of landslides usually depend on these conditions.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Slope:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Landslides and mudflows flow faster on steeper slopes and can be more destructive.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Water:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When more water accompanies landslides, they travel farther and faster. More water is even more destructive as the pressure and power of its eroding force are more.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Earth movements:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Generally, hills and mountains stay in place if nothing bothers them. When earthquakes, tremors, and volcanoes occur, they shake the land and disturbs the boding of the bedrock. 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How do landslides form? Causes of landslides Types of landslides Landslide prone areas Effects of landslides Landslides factsheet Before, during, and after landslides How do landslides form? 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