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प्रश्न
State and explain the classification of mass movements.
उत्तर
Mass movements are divided into slow and rapid movements. Slow movement includes Creep, movement of soil and debris and Solifluction or clay formation Rapid movement includes landslide, Earth Flow or a heavy thick paste of soil down the slope, Mud Flow in the areas without vegetation cover and Sheet Wash in the form of large sheet flow snatching thick rock strata uncovering the rocks below. It may also take place by human activities of settlement.
A mass movement has built many remarkable landforms as Himalayan lakes, Terraces, escarpment, etc
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