Causes, Effects and Types of Landslides

Causes, Effects and Types of Landslides

Landslides are among the many natural disasters causing massive destructions and loss of lives across the globe. According to a survey study by the International Landslide Centre at Durham University, UK, 2,620 fatal landslides occurred between 2004 and 2010. These landslides resulted in the death of over 32,322 people. The figure does not include landslides…

Types and Causes of Mass Wasting/Mass Movement of Rocks

Types and Causes of Mass Wasting/Mass Movement of Rocks

Mass wasting can be defined as a geomorphic process. A geomorphic process is a natural course of weathering, erosion and deposition that causes alteration of the surface materials and landforms of the earth. Mass wasting is also known as slope movement or mass movement. It can be described as the potency by which certain landforms like…

What are Causes and Effects of Environmental Degradation?

What are Causes and Effects of Environmental Degradation?

Environmental degradation comes about due to erosion and decline of the quality of the natural environment. It is caused directly or indirectly by anthropogenic activities that extract various environmental resources at a faster rate than they are replaced, and thus depleting them. On this regard, degradation means damage or reduction in quality of environmental features,…