Landslides- Natural Disasters Quest Chain

A few ways to tell if a landslide might occur in your area are a sudden increase in water levels, new cracks or unusual bulges in the ground, structures tilting, and/or rumbling sounds.


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I am doing mount Katahdin as the mountain I analyze. I think that the risk is very high, because the mountain is one of the tallest mountains in the Appalachian mountain range, and a large amount of trees have been killed off by acid rain, invasive species, and other things. This means that the soil is now very loose and can fall easier. By looking at a map of where landslide risk is the highest, the Appalachian mountains were rated as having a very high risk.


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My notes: Here