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  2. Landslide - Wikipedia

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    A landslide in which the sliding surface is located within the soil mantle or weathered bedrock (typically to a depth from few decimeters to some meters) is called a shallow landslide. Debris slides and debris flows are usually shallow. Shallow landslides can often happen in areas that have slopes with high permeable soils on top of low ...

  3. Geology of Florida - Wikipedia

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    Florida is tied with North Dakota as having the fewest earthquakes of any US state. [7] Because Florida is not located near any tectonic plate boundaries, earthquakes are very rare, but not totally unknown. In January 1879, a shock occurred near St. Augustine. There were reports of heavy shaking that knocked plaster from walls and articles from ...

  4. List of landslides - Wikipedia

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    A large landslide entered Sullorsuaq Strait, generating a megatsunami which struck Alluttoq Island, where it had a run-up height of 45 to 70 metres (148 to 230 ft). [15] ~2800 BCE Zion Canyon, Utah, US: 0.286 km 3: Landslide created the currently level floor of Zion Canyon inside Zion National Park. [21] ~1920 BCE Jishi Gorge, Qinghai Province ...

  5. I explored 3 beach towns in 'the Hamptons of the South'. One ...

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    One of the Florida gems was my favorite by a landslide. Terri Peters. January 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM. While exploring Florida's 30A, I spent time at Seaside, Rosemary Beach, and Alys Beach.

  6. Rancho Palos Verdes landslide is creating a new beach. 'It's ...

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    In his latest report, he noted that the landslide continues to affect new areas, moving in some spots as much as 13 inches a week. For decades, most areas saw movement closer to a few inches a ...

  7. List of rivers of Florida - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Florida.With one exception, the streams and rivers of Florida all originate on the Coastal plain.That exception is the Apalachicola River, which is formed by the merger of the Chattahoochee River, which originates in the Appalachian Mountains, and the Flint River, which originates in the Piedmont.

  8. Wrangell residents cut off by deadly landslide begin ... - AOL

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    Nov. 28—A Wrangell road blocked by a massive, deadly landslide last week was reopened briefly Tuesday to allow stranded residents to return home. Four people died in the slide that buried three ...

  9. Mass wasting - Wikipedia

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    A landslide, also called a landslip, [10] is a relatively rapid movement of a large mass of earth and rocks down a hill or a mountainside. Landslides can be further classified by the importance of water in the mass wasting process. In a narrow sense, landslides are rapid movement of large amounts of relatively dry debris down moderate to steep ...