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landslide (Avalanche), noun accident, adversity, affliction, bad luck, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, disaster, emergency, hardship, infliction, misery, ravage, tragedy, trouble Associated concepts: catastrophe insurance landslide (Overwhelming support), noun conclusive, decisive, large, lopsided, many, overwhelming Associated concepts: landslide political victory How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``This area, you're into the Angeles National Forest and pretty hard rock, the amount of landsliding is quite a bit less than other areas,'' said Tim McCrink, senior engineering geologist with the California Geological Survey. We suspect that a lot of the bigger, known tsunamis involved some landsliding. The South Fork of the Salmon River, once one of the most productive salmon fisheries in the West, has been literally "blown out" by landsliding from roads, clearcuts, and other poorly conceived forest practices. |
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