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Rockslides

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Rockslides 

the breaking off and falling of large masses of rock on steep and precipitous slopes of hills, mountains, stream and river valleys, and seashores. Rockslides occur as a result of weakening of the cohesion (integrity) of rocks, mainly under the influence of weathering processes, and the activity of surface and subsurface water. The volume of the largest rockfall, the Usoiskii rockfall, which took place on the Murghab River (Pamirs) in 1911, was about 2.2 billion cu m. A natural dam and Lake Sarezskoe were formed as a result of this rockslide.
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CAIRO: Over a year after a massive rockslide killed an estimated 107 people, Cairenes living in unsafe slum areas remain at risk from rockslides and other dangers, Amnesty International said in a report issued yesterday.
Egypt not doing enough to protect slum residents, says Amnesty by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
Several rockslides have occurred in the area in the past, the previous most deadly incident killing 70 people in the adjacent district of Zabaleen in 1993.
Egypt rockslide toll tops 100 by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Several rockslides occurred in the area previously, the most deadly of which killed 70 people in the adjacent district of Zabaleen in 1993.
Rockslide toll raised by 7 Days (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
 
 
 
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