rock slides
Slopes shedding stone
Rock slides are rapid downward movements of rock masses along slopes, typically triggered by earthquakes, heavy rainfall, or erosion.
The term covers everything from small debris tumbling down a hillside to catastrophic collapses that bury roads or villages.
The highway was closed due to rock slides after the storm.
Also rockslides.
- landslideMass of earth falling
- avalancheRapid mountain snow collapse
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- debris fieldArea of scattered remnants
- bouldersLarge rounded stones
mountainside · mountain pass · rubble · cliff · falling · tumbling · rolling stones · gravel · loose gravel · slope · danger · warning signs · road closure · rumble · cascade · scree · mudslide · earthquake
- rocky terraincliffs, boulders, scree, outcrops, rockfall
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- geologybedrock, fault lines, faults, basalt, mineral
- Mountain Climatehigh altitude, thin air, altitude, snowfall, temperature extremes
rock slideserosion
Gradual wearing away
weathering · creep · chemical weathering · glacial erosion · slow erosion
rock slidesuplift
Raise emotionally or physically
mountain building · orogeny · volcanic eruption · accretion · rock formation