LANDSLIDE HAZARDS

LANDSLIDE
 a landslide is a ground movement on a sloping terrain. It does
not happen on flat ground because of the angle on the ground,
gravity induces the land to move downward.
 it is aggravated by rain because water is a natural agent of
erosion. If rain or any source of water frequently flows down a
sloping area, the gravitational descent of loosened soil makes
it possible for a landslide to occur.
 Structures that are built on steep-slope mountains have a high
vulnerability to landslide hazards, especially during heavy
rains. Areas with steep slopes, dense populations, and denuded
terrain are distinguished by high susceptibility to rainfall-
induced landslide hazards. Long or regular rain may saturate
the topsoil and the bedrock, weakening the soil base of
buildings or structures.
 without plants and trees whose roots can absorb water and
hold the soil together, subsequent rainwater can continue to
loosen up the soil that anchors the buildings. A heavy
downpour of rain can quickly destroy these buildings and
communities giving way to landslides, mudslides, or
mudflows.
LANDSLIDE MATERIALS MAY INCLUDE :
 soil
 debris
 rock
 garbage

 The most common landslide we have experienced here in the

Philippines is the rainfall-induced landslide. This occurs due
to prolonged or heavy rainfall, increasing the weight of the
land mass. The minutes to cause a disaster. Rainfall-induced
landslides can form debris flows when they mix with
additional water and sediments from their path. It may sweep
away a whole community in an instant.

CAUSES OF LANDSLIDE
A. NATURAL FACTORS
1. Gravity
2. heavy and prolonged rainfall
3. earthquakes
4. forest fire
5. volcanoes/volcanic eruption erosion weathering
B. ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS
1. destroys everything and anything that comes in their path
(roads, rail lanes, agricultural production, land area, etc.)
2. loss of lives (depends on the place and time of occurrence)

MAJOR TYPES OF LANDSLIDES

1.
  Falls are abrupt movements of masses of geologic materials,
such as rocks and boulders, that become detached from steep
slopes or cliffs. The material then descends largely by falling,
bouncing, or rolling.

2.

 Topple involve the forward rotation and movement of a mass

of rock, earth or debris out of a slope.

3.

 Slide happens when a section of soil or rock suddenly gives

way and moves down a slope. The material moves as a single
mass along a slippery zone. The slippery zone is often made
up of wet sediment.

4.
  Flows are landslides that involve the movement of material
down a slope in the form of a fluid.
5.

 Creep is the slow downslope movement of material under

gravity. It is the slowest movement kind of landslide. It
generally occurs over large areas. It’s just a slow adjustment
of soil and rocks that is so hard to notice unless you can see
the effects of the movement. These effects like fence posts
shifting out of alignment or telephone posts tipping
downslope.