Russia's Mass Wasting Hazards
Mass Wasting Hazards are hazards which involve parts of the environment (specifically rock and soil) moving downwards all at once in a way that poses harm to humans. This includes things such as rockslides, mudslides, etc. Causes of these hazards can include things such as earthquakes, heavy rainfall, or a decrease in the usual amount of vegetation in where the hazard occurs. An example of a serious Mass Wasting event in Russia can be seen in the 2007 Mudslide in the "Valley of Geysers." In this event, despite from what i can tell no people being hurt ( This Source states that the tourist group of 20 and the few personnel there at the time weren't in harms way) multiple buildings were destroyed. This slides estimated volume was somewhere between 12-15 million cubic meters of landmass. The case of this landslides wasn't an earthquake, but a result of erosion eventually leading to this slide. aftermath of the mudflow: To prepare for landslides, redcross.org recomme