landslide
type of natural disasters involving ground movements, often caused by slope instability triggered by specific event
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Summary
landslide ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,076 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: slide[2], natural disaster[3]
- Commons category: Landslides[4]
- Unicode character: [5]
- Has cause: heavy rain[6], earthquake[7], volcanic eruption[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Landslides[9]
- Commons gallery: Landslide[10]
- Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[13]
- Has contributing factor: deforestation[14]
- Different from: rockslide[15], Détente post-glaciaire[16]
- Has list: list of landslides[17]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000520[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[19]
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Influence
Things named for landslide include landslide victory[20].
Why It Matters
landslide has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] landslide is known by 98 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]
Entities named for landslide include landslide victory[20].