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Q: What are rockfalls?
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Earthquakes can cause grounds shaking, tsunamis, landslides and rockfalls, subsidence and lateral spreading, and liquefaction.


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Landslides and Rockfalls are the most dangerous since these mass movements are in motion, they can overwhelm, consume, and even destroy all objects in it's path.


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Spontaneous combustion is one way a forest fire can be started. Other ways include lightning, volcanic eruption, sparks from rockfalls and human causes.


How would changes due to the weathering of a mountain be reflected in a map?

Well, there would be more contour lines where mass movement has occured( rockfalls etc.) Also- perhaps if over a long period of time a change in the landscape.


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It's called 'Distribution Center' they are very low profile, You can ask your local Wal-Mart if there is one nearby.


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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.


What is the name of a canyon in California that is also a National Park?

California's Yosemite Valley was formed by erosion due to flowing water, glaciers, and gravity's pull on the rock face of cliffs, leading to rockfalls. The Grand Canyon, which is a spectacular example of erosion, is in Arizona.


Is landform a permanent feature?

They are often long term, but not permanent. Over long periods of time, some can change, like mountains growing slowly. Sometimes change can be more sudden, like rockfalls causing damage, earthquakes changing a landform, volcanoes spewing out lava to create new landforms and so on.