Landslides, mudslides, & avalanches
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Landslides, mudslides, & avalanches
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 5-11
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Landslides, mudslides, & avalanches
Oclc number
1012697972
Series statement
World Book's library of natural disasters
Summary
"A discussion of landslides, mudslides, and avalanches, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant landslides and avalanches from history"--, Provided by publisher
Table of contents
Mass movement -- Landslides -- What is a landslide? -- Types of landslides -- China, 1920 -- What causes a landslide? -- What happens during a landslide? -- Landslide effects -- Alaska, 1964 -- Avoiding landslides -- Submarine landslides -- Mudslides -- What is a mudslide? -- Gansu mudslide of 2010 -- Devastating volcanic mudslides -- Rain-induced landslides -- Vargas mudslides of 1999 -- Mudslide in Oso, Washington -- Avalanches -- What is an avalanche? -- Why do avalanches happen? -- The Alps, 1999 -- What happens during an avalanche? -- The effects of avalanches -- Stevens Pass, 1910 -- Avalanche prevention and rescue -- Everest avalanches of 2014 and 2015
Target audience
juvenile
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Landslides, mudslides, and avalanches
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