{"id":5546,"date":"2020-12-02T23:02:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T23:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=5546"},"modified":"2020-12-03T00:31:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T00:31:49","slug":"causes-of-landslides","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/causes-of-landslides\/","title":{"rendered":"Causes of landslides"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5546\" class=\"elementor elementor-5546\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-467bdc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"467bdc3\" 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 elementor-element-f1f7e92\" 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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-778626a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"778626a\" 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-c33029a\" data-id=\"c33029a\" 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-4f76b7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f76b7d\" 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\">Causes of landslides<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ccd5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78ccd5e\" 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\">Landslides are caused by these three main events\u2014<br \/><br \/><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>Slopes saturated by water:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Intense rainfall, snowmelt, and seepage often leave land surfaces saturated. Flooding results and water overflowing its channels often wipe out land surfaces to cause mudflows.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Seismic activity:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Earth tremors, earthquakes, and natural seismic activity that cause the earth to rumble or shake (vibrations) can weaken the bonding of bedrock and expose the earth to landslides.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5720\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/seismic-activity-landslides.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/seismic-activity-landslides.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/seismic-activity-landslides-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Volcanic activity:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lava from eruptions has the potential of melting snow at here high rates. A combination of melted snow, debris, volcanic ash, and soils flowing rapidly along a slope can result in catastrophic landslides.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Geological:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Weathered rock, sheared, fissured, or jointed rock material are known causes of landslides. Contrasting earth material and low adhesiveness of the rock also cause landslides. It is so because cohesive rock material often holds itself in place and are less prone to weathering and movement.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Morphological:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All forms of erosion, such as fluvial, water, wave, glacial along a slope may cause landslides and other types of flows. Deposition from erosion may also cause a build-up of earth material (or debris) at places that may eventually give way in the form of landslides. Weathering is also a major cause of landslides. It is a powerful process of weakening debris and earth material on the surface of the slope.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Human:<\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Activities such as mining, construction, farming, deforestation, irrigation, reservoirs and dams, and the like, all contribute to exposing the surface of the earth and causing landslides. For example, in many mining communities along slopes, tunnels and deep wells are dug into the ground and often left unfilled. With time, air and water get in and may result in the earth giving way. 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How do landslides form? 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