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Which type of erosion can cause mudslides?

Updated: 8/10/2023

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Water, because when it rains the cliff/dirt turns into mud and the mud slides down.

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rocks are loosened by the ice that have been holding them

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Water, usually from heavy rain or melting snow can lead to landslides and mudflows.

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gravitational

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What are 2 examples of rapid mass erosion?

Landslides and mudslides.

How can levees cause erosion?

Because the from of the plants are the same type of the erosion

What type of changes does erosion cause?

Erosion causes physical changes.

What are 2 examples of slow mass erosion?

Creeps, Rockfalls, Slumps, and Mudslides

How can erosion cause weathering?

Erosion does not cause weathering. Erosion is a TYPE of weathering in which surface soil and rock are worn away through the action of glaciers, water, and wind.

Related questions

How are rock slides and mudslides created?

Erosion

What are 2 examples of rapid mass erosion?

Landslides and mudslides.

How can levees cause erosion?

Because the from of the plants are the same type of the erosion

What type of changes does erosion cause?

Erosion causes physical changes.

What are 2 examples of slow mass erosion?

Creeps, Rockfalls, Slumps, and Mudslides

How do cyclones affect rocks?

Not really at all. Except through erosion from rainfall. Extensive rain and flooding may also cause landslides and mudslides, dislodging rocks.

How can erosion cause weathering?

Erosion does not cause weathering. Erosion is a TYPE of weathering in which surface soil and rock are worn away through the action of glaciers, water, and wind.

Are mudslides formed by wind erosion?

Mudslides are formed when saturated hillsides become unstable. Often the woodland (mature trees and shrubs) that once stabilised the slope have been felled.

What are the disadvantages of a waterfall?

they are loud, and can cause mudslides.

What effect does overgrazing have on soil?

erosion..it ware's down the soil and whenever floods come in mudslides are possible

Waves cause erosion by impact and what?

Type your answer here... By deflation and abrasion.

What type of erosion is most powerful?

Tis be water my friend, cause this is sparta.

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