Vegetation and slope stability are interrelated by the ability of the plant life growing on slopes to both promote and hinder the stability of the slope...
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Slope stability refers to the condition of inclined soil or rock slopes to withstand or undergo movement; the opposite condition is called slope instability...
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Ecological succession Ecoregion Ecosystem Plant cover Tropical vegetation Vegetation and slope stability "Global Maps". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 8 May 2018....
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Soil erosion (redirect from Climate change and soil erosion)
transport Soil horizon Soil type Sphericity Tillage erosion Vegetation and slope stability Vetiver System Apollo, M., Andreychouk, V., Bhattarai, S.S....
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Landslide (section Shallow and deep-seated landslides)
occur, but there are other factors affecting slope stability that produce specific conditions that make a slope prone to failure. In many cases, the landslide...
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Landslide mitigation (category Landslide analysis, prevention and mitigation)
elevations Slope stabilization – Stability of soil or rock slopesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Vegetation and slope stability Flexible...
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Avalanche (section Injuries and deaths)
snow is isolated from the rest of the slope and progressively loaded. The result is a rating of slope stability on a seven step scale. (Rutsch means slide...
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Mass wasting (redirect from Slope movement)
downhill. It takes place on moderate slopes, relatively free of vegetation, that are underlain by permafrost and receive a constant supply of new debris...
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Soil Classification System - USDA soil taxonomy - Ustochrept Vegetation and slope stability - Vertisol - Vibro stone column - Void ratio Water content -...
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meters away from where they were originally erected. Vegetation plays a role in slope stability and creep. When a hillside contains much flora their roots...
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badlands is mass wasting. There is no vegetation to provide stability to the slopes and increase the angle of repose and prevent mass wasting. The regions...
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Erosion (section Rainfall and surface runoff)
(1995). "Engineering properties of vegetation". In Morgan, R.P.C.; Rickson, R. Jane (eds.). Slope Stabilization and Erosion Control: A Bioengineering Approach...
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Embankment (earthworks) (category Slope landforms)
J. M.; Loveridge, F.; O'Brien, A. S. (2007). Influence of climate and vegetation on railway embankments (PDF) (Report). Bruce, Mary Ellen C.; Berg, Ryan...
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Gully (category Slope landforms)
scour, and transport. Slope characteristics, such as slope length and amounts proportionate to slope length, affect soil erosion. Relief and soil erosion...
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Soil sloughing (section Vegetation)
R. Ziemer (1981). "THE ROLE OF VEGETATION IN THE STABILITY OF FORESTED SLOPES" (PDF). Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station Forest Service...
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Mount Kilimanjaro (section Vegetation)
Newtonia, and Entandrophragma) is limited to inaccessible valleys and gorges and is different from vegetation at higher altitudes. On the southern slope, montane...
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Earthflow (section Features and behavior)
saturated, the slope will fail, which depends on slope stability. In earthflows, the slope does not fail along a clear shear plane and is instead more...
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designed to restrain soil to a slope that it would not naturally keep to (typically a steep, near-vertical or vertical slope). They are used to bound soils...
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to lower pore pressure by reducing groundwater head, which enhances slope stability. A form of open-cast quarrying may be carried out as 'untopping'. This...
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of the valley, wiping all vegetation and trees down to the bare rock, then splashed back up the original, now bare, slope before settling. Recent research...
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River bank failure (section Vegetation)
remove the vegetation on the bank, which is required for placement. The exact placement of soil cement may be different depending on the slope of the bank...
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Geomorphometry (section Slope)
fills, and predict potential issues such as slope stability and erosion potential. As a relatively new and unknown branch of GIS the topic of geomorphometrics...
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is resoiled and simple vegetation such as grass is seeded on the slope. The piles also create acid rock drainage, which pollutes streams and rivers. Environmental...
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Dune (category Coastal and oceanic landforms)
dunes have loose sand and steep slopes only on their outer flanks. The inner slopes are mostly well packed and anchored by vegetation, as are the corridors...
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include earthquake shocks, thorough wetting, freezing and thawing, undercutting, and loading of a slope. Translational slumps occur when a detached landmass...
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consists of more than one vegetation climaxes controlled by soil moisture, soil nutrients, topography, slope exposure, fire, and animal activity. Climax...
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Periodic travelling wave (section Numerical computation of periodic travelling waves and their stability)
In semi-deserts, vegetation often self-organises into spatial patterns. On slopes, this typically consists of stripes of vegetation running parallel to...
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Living shoreline (section Vegetation zone)
fill, oyster reefs, submerged aquatic vegetation, stones and coir fiber logs. Shoreline stabilization Riparian and intertidal protection Water quality improvements...
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Truttman Sink (section Vegetation)
characteristics, geology, and vegetation along the slope of this mass-wasting feature suggest a combination of an earthflow movement and a rotational slump....
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Landslide classification (redirect from Landslide Types and Classification)
Subterranean erosion Internal erosion Slope loading Vegetation change Erosion Physical causes Topography: Slope aspect and gradient Geological factors: Discontinuity...
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