What are avalanches?

Slope Processes and Development

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1.
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Rapid movements of snow, ice, rock, or earth down a slope.
2.
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What does climatic geomorphology refer to?
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The different processes that operate in different climatic zones, producing different slope forms or shapes.
3.
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Define denudation.
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The wearing away of the Earth’s surface, including erosion, weathering, and mass movements.
4.
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What are falls in the context of slope processes?
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Movements of rock/debris under the effect of gravity, often after being prised open by freeze–thaw weathering.
5.
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What are flows?
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Movements of a mass of soil or rock that contain a significant amount of water.
6.
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What are heaves?
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Movements of soil or ice towards the surface in a vertical direction.
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Define mass movements.
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Large-scale movements of the Earth’s surface that are not accompanied by a moving agent such as a river, glacier, or ocean wave.
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