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A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff is called?
It's called a landslide
What is the large mass of rock and soil slipping down a mountain side?
A landslide. Landslides occur quickly, often causing significant damage, and are primarily caused by erosion due to gravity.
A large mass of ice flowing down a valley?
A glacier is a large mass of ice that flows down a valley. The traction occurs slowly but the weight they exert on the surface is enough to carve out a natural harbor.
What is a large mass of rock that collapses or slides down a sloping surface?
A landslide.
What happens to a moving air mass as it enters a mountainous region?
If the clouds are lower then the tops of the mountains they are caught and rain themselves out, which is why there are usually arid plains or deserts on/beside a mountain range. It is called a rain shadow.
Large mass of rocks and soil slippin down a mountain side?
it is a landslide
What happens if a large mass is dropped into something moving at constant speed?
The object that is moving at a constant speed will slow down. Its new velocity will be determined by the original constant speed along with the new combined mass of the moving object and the additional "large mass."
A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff is called?
It's called a landslide
What de you call a slow-moving mass of ice on a mountain?
Depending on when it was formed, the size and speed it is moving it could be either an Avalanche or Glacier. If it is an incredibly old, slow moving, large, ice mass it is likely a Glacier; however if it is a quickly moving, small (relatively), ice mass it is an Avalanche.
A moving mass of ice formed in a mountain is a?
An Alpine Glacier.
How are landslides and an avalanche different and alike?
They are alike because they are both on mountains or cliffs and are coming down in a very large amount and a forceful motion. they are different because an avalanche is a large mass of snow, ice, etc., detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward while a landslide is the sliding of a large mass of rock material, soil, etc, down the side of a mountain or cliff.
What is a berg?
A berg is a mountain, a large mass or hill, or an iceberg.
What is a large tall mass of rock with steep sides higher a hill?
It is a mountain.
What is the dictionary meaning for avalanche?
* a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain * gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow * a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things; "the program brought an avalanche of mail" See the Related Link.
What is a large moving mass of land?
A tectonic plate. When they move, they cancreate earthquakes!
Are tornadoes and avalanches similar?
No. An avalanche is a large mass of snow and ice sliding down the side of a mountain. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.
What is a large tall mass of rock with steep sides higher than a mountain?
A plateau.
