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What is land slides?

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It is a geological phenomenon, which includes a wide range of ground movement; such as rockfalls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal, and onshore environments.

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its when a piece of land slides down do to shifting of mearth

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it can be mud flows or erosion

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