Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1129-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1129-2022
Research article
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01 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 01 Apr 2022

Insights from the topographic characteristics of a large global catalog of rainfall-induced landslide event inventories

Robert Emberson, Dalia B. Kirschbaum, Pukar Amatya, Hakan Tanyas, and Odin Marc

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Understanding where landslides occur in mountainous areas is critical to support hazard analysis as well as understand landscape evolution. In this study, we present a large compilation of inventories of landslides triggered by rainfall, including several that are described here for the first time. We analyze the topographic characteristics of the landslides, finding consistent relationships for landslide source and deposition areas, despite differences in the inventories' locations.
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