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Threat of landslides in the Highlands - importance of awareness programmes

by Kapila Dahanayake, Senior Professor of Geology, University of Peradeniya and Director, Postgraduate Institute of Science, Sri Lanka.

Landslides refer to downward movement of soil and rock debris from a high elevation to a low elevation under the action of gravity along a hill slope. Landslides like earthquakes are geological phenomena. Landslides can occur due to glacial activity, earthquakes, volcanism or even vibrations from nuclear explosions or movement of heavy vehicles.
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