Landslide definition

Landslide means episodic down slope movement of a mass of soil or rock that includes, but is not limited to, rock falls, slumps, mudflows, and earth flows.
Landslide means the rapid mass movement of soil and rock material downhill under the influence of gravity in which the movement of the soil mass occurs along an interior surface of sliding.
Landslide means episodic downslope movement of a mass of soil or rock.

Examples of Landslide in a sentence

  • According to the Zone Information and Map Access System (ZIMAS), the subject property is not located within a Landslide Area.

  • Member Koch discussed the possibility of paying tribute to Councilmember Dyda for his dedication to stopping the Portuguese Bend Landslide.

  • Application of a Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) to the Study of the Se´chilienne Landslide (Ise`re, France).

  • The City of Mercer Island GIS maps your entire lot as a Potential Landslide Hazard, Erosion Hazard, and Seismic Hazard.

  • Landslide Mapping and Susceptibility Assessment Using Geospatial Analysis and Earth Observation Data.


More Definitions of Landslide

Landslide means episodic downslope movement of a mass of soil or rock that includes but is not limited to rockfalls, slumps, mudflows, earthflows and snow avalanches.
Landslide means any detached mass of soil, rock or debris that is of sufficient size to cause damage and that moves down a slope or a stream channel.
Landslide means a general term covering a wide variety of mass movement landforms and processes involving the downslope transport, under gravitational influence, of soil and rock material en masse; included are debris flows, debris avalanches, earthflows, mudflows, slumps, mudslides, rock slides, and rock falls.
Landslide means an episodic downslope movement of a mass including, but not limited to, soil, rock or snow.
Landslide means the down-slope movement of a mass of soil or bedrock, including a continuum of processes between landslides, earth-flows, debris flows and debris avalanches, and rock falls.
Landslide means uncontrolled abrupt or gradual downslope movement of a mass of soil and/or rock.
Landslide means the abrupt downslope movement of soil, rocks, or other surface matter on a site. Landslides may include, but are not limited to, slumps, mudflows, earthflows, rockfalls, and snow avalanches.