Differentiate between: Rockfall and Solifluction.
Differentiate between:
Rockfall and Solifluction.
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| Rockfall | Solifluction |
| (i) Rapid fall of rock material down or rock travel downwards bouncing and rolling is termed as rock fall. | (i) Solifluction is the name for the slow downhill creep of soil. |
| (ii) Rockfalls occur mainly in rocky areas. | (ii) Solifluction occurs mainly in periglacial or alpine regions. |
| (iii) The size of rockfall blocks can range from one cubic centimetre to ten thousand cubic meters. | (iii) The size of material in solifluction is very small since it contains particles of soil. |
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