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Natural Disasters

Avalanches   Earthquakes   Mud Slides   Plate Tectonics   Tsunamis   Volcanoes  

Most natural disasters have an effect on the earth's surface. Rock slides, erupting volcanoes, tidal waves and floods all affect the shape of the land. Mountains are continually being built up and eroded down in the slow rock cycle. Disasters are a small part of this cycle but they are of interest to us because they effect us - their impact is immediate.
These events can be called geological hazards http://www.aegweb.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4038. Some of the more common ones are listed below.

 

 

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