Landslides cause between 1-2 billion dollars in damage per year in the U.S. alone. NASA tracks landslides globally in order to analyze trends in landslide frequency, distribution, and impacts to help scientists better predict landslides and lessen the damage. Watch this video and examine this map showing the distribution of landslides globally. Also included are teaching tips and background information.

Concepts

landslides

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Additional Tags

global landslides, pbs learningmedia: global landslide catalog

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional