Mass wasting definition

Mass wasting means downslope movement of soil and rock material by gravity. This includes soil creep, erosion, and various types of landslides, not including bed load associated with natural stream sediment transport dynamics.
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Mass wasting means the slow to rapid downslope movement of significant masses of earth material of varying water content, primarily under the force of gravity;
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Mass wasting means one of several processes by which a large mass of rock or earth material is moved down slope by gravity.
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More Definitions of Mass wasting

Mass wasting means the spontaneous downhill movement of soil and/or rock under the influence of gravity.
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Mass wasting means the downslope movement of material due to gravity. Examples of mass wasting include but are not limited to rotational slumps, debris flows, block falls, and rock falls.
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Mass wasting means downslope movement of soil and rock material by gravity. This includes soil
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Related to Mass wasting

  • business waste means waste that emanates from premises that are used wholly or mainly for commercial, retail, wholesale, entertainment or government administration purposes;

  • Medical Waste means isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, and dialysis wastes.

  • Process wastewater means any water that, during manufacturing or processing, comes into contact with, or results from the production or use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, byproduct, or waste product.

  • Pathological waste means waste material consisting of only human or animal remains, anatomical parts, and/or tissue, the bags/containers used to collect and transport the waste material, and animal bedding (if applicable).

  • e-waste means electrical and electronic equipment, whole or in part discarded as waste by the consumer or bulk consumer as well as rejects from manufacturing, refurbishment and repair processes;