Slope failure

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Term: Slope failure
Definition: Mass movement of earth material down a slope; includes landslides, mudslides, debris flows, avalanches, etc; speed of movement can be sudden and catastrophic or slow.  NSIDCCryosphere 

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Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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