Summary
A landslide is the movement of a mass of rock, earth or debris down a slope.
Résumé
Un glissement de terrain est la descente d'une masse de roche, de terre ou de débris le long d'un versant.
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Cruden, D.M. A simple definition of a landslide. Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology 43, 27–29 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590167
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