A city experiences a heavy rainfall. Days later, when no rainwater is present, rock, debris, and soil fall dow

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A city experiences a heavy rainfall. Days later, when no rainwater is present, rock, debris, and soil fall down a steep hill.

Which type of mass movement does this describe?

creep
landslide
mudflow
slump

GPT-5 mini · Answer

Landslide.

Explanation: rock, debris and soil moving rapidly downslope (after being weakened by heavy rain) describes a landslide. (Mudflow requires flowing water present; creep is very slow; slump is a rotational slide.)

A city experiences a heavy rainfall. Days later, when no rainwater is present, rock, debris, and soil fall down a steep hill.

Which type of mass movement does this describe?

creep
landslide
mudflow
slump

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A city experiences a heavy rainfall. Days later, when no rainwater is present, rock, debris, and soil fall down a steep hill. Which type of mass movement does this describe? creep landslide mudflow slump

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A city experiences a heavy rainfall. Days later, when no rainwater is present, rock, debris, and soil fall down a steep hill.

Which type of mass movement does this describe?

creep
landslide
mudflow
slump