Mass Wasting

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Mass Wasting is the gravity pulling down on rocks, soil, sand, etc on a downward sloped surface. When this happens it creates a landslide which is usually muddy or an avalanche which is usually a mountain covered with snow.

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Landslide 

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Avalanche

France experiences landslides due to the rainy weather and floods they have. On February 2018 at Monts d’Olmes a ski resort, they experienced a big landslide that blocked the only way to and out of the resort that left 2,000 people trapped that where their for vacations. On June 11-12 of 2018, France experienced a lot of rain. the rain caused a landslide near Paris that caused a train to derail between  Saint-Remy-Les-Chevreuse and Courcelle-sur-Yvette, it left 7 people injured.

Pyrenees landslide traps 2,000 people in French ski resort
Monts d’Olmes a ski resort

Derailed train: Saint-Remy-Les-Chevreuse and Courcelle-sur-Yvette

 References
https://www.thelocal.fr/20180221/pyrenees-landslide-traps-2000-people-in-france-ariege-mont-dolmes

http://floodlist.com/europe/france-record-rain-floods-paris-north-june-2018

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-difference-between-a-landslide-and-an-avalanche.html

Comments

  1. Ana GGMarch 30, 2019 at 1:41 PM

    Pretty amazing the force of sediments and gravity...this below is a video I show my Geol2 class about this same hazard and trail derailments.....start at 040 or so....
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeT0m-hpD_4

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