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Landslides are one of the most frequent and major natural hazards that cause an annual loss of billions of dollars and claim thousands of lives along with damage to property and environment. Landslides can be defined as the movement of the rock mass, regolith, earth or any material forming the sloping surface, down the slope, under the influence of gravitational pool, triggered by a variety of external factors.
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Singh, A., Singh, T., Nagarajan, R. (2018). Impact of Landslides on Environment. In: Kallel, A., Ksibi, M., Ben Dhia, H., Khélifi, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions. EMCEI 2017. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_540
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