Incidences of Landslides in India
Region |
Incidences
of Landslides |
Himalayas
|
High to very high
|
North-eastern Hills
|
High
|
Western Ghats and the
Nilgiris
|
Modern to high
|
Cattle lost
|
Low
|
Vindhayachal
|
Low
|
Landslides Zonation Mopping is a modern method to
identify landslides prone areas and has been in use in India since
1980s
The major parameters that call for evaluation are as follows:
| • |
Slope-Magnitude, length and Direction |
| • |
Soil thickness
|
| • |
Relative relief
|
| • |
Land use
|
| • |
Drainage- pattern and
density
|
| • |
Landslide affected population
|
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