landslide

the art and science of cultivating the land for growing crops (farming) or raising livestock (ranching).

gravel, sand, and smaller materials deposited by flowing water.

large rock.

low-lying plant with many branches.

physical, cultural, or psychological feature of an organism, place, or object.

complicated.

arrangement of different parts.

expensive or having a lot of value.

to move slowly and close to the ground.

to block a flow of water.

remains of something broken or destroyed; waste, or garbage.

destruction or removal of forests and their undergrowth.

to ruin or make useless.

to destroy.

period of greatly reduced precipitation.

soil or dirt.

the sudden shaking of Earth's crust caused by the release of energy along fault lines or from volcanic activity.

act in which earth is worn away, often by water, wind, or ice.

release of material from an opening in the Earth's crust.

to guess based on knowledge of the situation or object.

to leave or remove from a dangerous place.

area that has been dug up or exposed for study.

to eject or force out.

movement of pieces of rock or soil downward in a landslide.

a chemical process that releases heat and light due to burning.

quick movement of material in a landslide, as if it were liquid.

to break.

state of matter with no fixed shape that will fill any container uniformly. Gas molecules are in constant, random motion.

person who studies the physical formations of the Earth.

study of the physical history of the Earth, its composition, its structure, and the processes that form and change it.

urban area that has been abandoned by all residents.

danger or risk.

large public road.

water in its solid form.

watering land, usually for agriculture, by artificial means.

flow of mud and other wet material from a volcano.

the fall of rocks, soil, and other materials from a mountain, hill, or slope.

movement of material sideways during a landslide.

molten rock, or magma, that erupts from volcanoes or fissures in the Earth's surface.

downward movement of rock, soil, and other material.

study of the form and structure of organisms or materials.

rapid, downhill flow of soil and water. Also called a mudflow.

organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis and whose cells have walls.

road constructed with metal tracks on which trains travel.

liquid precipitation.

natural substance composed of solid mineral matter.

sudden descent of large rocks.

all of a plant's roots.

structure or diagram of the way information is studied, documented, and understood.

to separate or cut away.

slant, either upward or downward, from a straight or flat path.

precipitation made of ice crystals.

water supplied by snow.

movement of smaller pieces of rock or soil downward in a landslide.

poisonous.

movement of all surface material (including rocks, soil, and vegetation) downward during a landslide.

type of large plant with a thick trunk and branches.

unsteady or likely to fall apart.

all the plant life of a specific place.

fragments of lava less than 2 millimeters across.

an opening in the Earth's crust, through which lava, ash, and gases erupt, and also the cone built by eruptions.

capable of being hurt.