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This article is about landslides of mud.


A mudslide is a landslide of mud. It occurs when torrential rainfall fails to drain properly and thus causes the nearby rock and dirt to become unstable and to "slide" down a hill or mountain. Some mudslides can be massive, similar to an avalanche, and can decimate cities and countrysides if large enough. Download high resolution version (1000x656, 199 KB)La Conchita, California Mudslide January 10, 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1000x656, 199 KB)La Conchita, California Mudslide January 10, 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... La Conchita (population 338 in 2000) is a small unincorporated community in western Ventura County, California, on U.S. Highway 101 just southeast of the Santa Barbara county line. ... A landslide is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes, and shallow debris flows, see flow. ... In meteorology, precipitation is any kind of water that falls from the sky as part of the weather. ... A Himalayan avalanche. ...


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