Earthflows

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• Landslide — This article is about the geological phenomenon. For other uses, see Landslide (disambiguation). Rockslide redirects here. For the comic book character, see Rockslide (comics). Computer simulation of a slump landslide in San Mateo County,… …   Wikipedia

• Chetco River — Coordinates: 42°02′43″N 124°16′14″W / 42.04528°N 124.27056°W / 42.04528; 124.27056 …   Wikipedia

• Drunken trees — Not to be confused with the floss silk tree, also known as the drunken tree or palo borracho. A drunken forest in Siberia caused by melting permafrost. NASA photo. Drunken trees, tilted trees, or a drunken forest, is a stand of trees displaced… …   Wikipedia

• Tachia River — The Tachia River(Chinese inline|p=Dàjiǎ Xī|c=大甲溪|l= big shell river ) is a river in north central Taiwan. It flows through Taichung County for 124km. [cite web|url=http://philip.pristine.net/maps/watersheds.html|title=Taiwan Rivers and… …   Wikipedia

• Earthflow — An earthflow (earth flow) is a downslope viscous flow of fine grained materials that have been saturated with water, and moves under the pull of gravity. They are an intermediate type of mass wasting that is between downhill creep and mudflow.… …   Wikipedia

• earthflow — ▪ geology       sheet or stream of soil and rock material saturated with water and flowing downslope under the pull of gravity; it represents the intermediate stage between creep and mudflow. Earthflows usually begin in a large basin on the upper …   Universalium

• Dajia River — Shihgang Dam on the Dajia River Origin Nanhu Mountain Mouth Taiwan Strait …   Wikipedia

• mass movement —    A generic term for any process or sediments (mass movement deposit) resulting from the dislodgment and downslope transport of soil and rock material as a unit under direct gravitational stress. The process includes slow displacements such as… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms