TY - BOOK TI - Landslides, mudslides, & avalanches. SN - 9780716699378 AV - QE599.A2 L365 2018 U1 - 363.34/9 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Chicago, IL : PB - World Book, Inc., KW - Landslides KW - Juvenile literature KW - Mudslides KW - Avalanches KW - Natural Disasters N1 - Includes index; Mass movement -- Landslides -- What is a landslide? -- Types of landslides -- China, 1920 -- What causes a landslide? -- What happens during a landslide? -- Landslide effects -- Alaska, 1964 -- Avoiding landslides -- Submarine landslides -- Mudslides -- What is a mudslide? -- Gansu mudslide of 2010 -- Devastating volcanic mudslides -- Rain-induced landslides -- Vargas mudslides of 1999 -- Mudslide in Oso, Washington -- Avalanches -- What is an avalanche? -- Why do avalanches happen? -- The Alps, 1999 -- What happens during an avalanche? -- The effects of avalanches -- Stevens Pass, 1910 -- Avalanche prevention and rescue -- Everest avalanches of 2014 and 2015; Ages 5-11 N2 - "A discussion of landslides, mudslides, and avalanches, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant landslides and avalanches from history"-- ER -