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Compare and contrast of landslides and avalanches as mass wasting process on a venn diagram |
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Answer» Answer:An avalanche is an event that occurs when a cohesive SLAB of snow lying upon a WEAKER layer of snow fractures and SLIDES down a steep slope. LANDSLIDE A landslide is the movement of rock, earth, or debris down a SLOPED section of land. Landslides are caused by rain, EARTHQUAKES, volcanoes, or other factors that make the slope unstable. Geologists, scientists who study the physical formations of the Earth, sometimes describe landslides as one type of mass wasting.
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