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  2. Risk rises for mudslides around L.A. County fire zones ... - AOL

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    A “landslide” is an all-encompassing term that can describe any movement of rock, dirt or debris downhill. A "debris flow" can happen when water rapidly flows downhill and, besides mud, picks ...

  3. Floods, landslides are a risk as fire-scarred Los Angeles ...

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    Mudflows and debris flow are types of landslides. ... Snow levels could fall to as low as 3,500 feet above sea level, and six to 12 inches of snow could fall on the San Gabriel Mountains. There ...

  4. Risk of debris flow increases for recent burn areas of L.A ...

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    The risk of debris flow — a type of landslide that can cause severe damage — around recently burned areas in Los Angeles County is growing as this weekend's rains approach. There is now a 10% ...

  5. Landslide classification - Wikipedia

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    Debris flow channel scoured out by the passage of a debris flow. A flow is a spatially continuous movement in which surfaces of shear are short-lived, closely spaced, and usually not preserved. The distribution of velocities in the displacing mass resembles that in a viscous liquid.

  6. Landslide - Wikipedia

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    Landslides, also known as landslips, or rockslides, [3] [4] [5] are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows. [6] Landslides occur in a variety of environments, characterized by either steep or gentle slope gradients, from ...

  7. Debris flow - Wikipedia

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    A debris flow in Ladakh, triggered by storms in 2010. It has poor sorting and levees. Steep source catchment is visible in background. Debris-flow deposits are readily recognizable in the field. They make up significant percentages of many alluvial fans and debris cones along steep mountain fronts.

  8. Expected rain will snap L.A.'s dry streak, but it won't snuff ...

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    During a debris flow, water not only picks up mud as it rapidly flows downhill but also rocks, branches, trees and sometimes boulders. This is considered a type of shallow landslide. Debris flows ...

  9. Mass wasting - Wikipedia

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    A landslide, also called a landslip, [10] is a relatively rapid movement of a large mass of earth and rocks down a hill or a mountainside. Landslides can be further classified by the importance of water in the mass wasting process. In a narrow sense, landslides are rapid movement of large amounts of relatively dry debris down moderate to steep ...