{"id":160036,"date":"2022-01-09T15:22:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T09:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=160036"},"modified":"2022-01-10T16:41:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T11:11:30","slug":"answered-differentiate-the-causes-of-landslides-in-the-himalayan-region-and-western-ghats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-differentiate-the-causes-of-landslides-in-the-himalayan-region-and-western-ghats\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Differentiate the causes of landslides in the Himalayan region and Western Ghats."},"content":{"rendered":"

Landslides\u00a0are\u00a0the movement of mass of debris, earth or rock, sliding down under the effect of gravity.\u00a0Landslides are a\u00a0<\/span>common problem across the Himalayas and Western Ghats.\u202f<\/span><\/b>However, the\u202f<\/span>factors for the two differ<\/span><\/b>, as seen in the following table:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Western Ghats\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nHimalayan region\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  1. Heavy mining activities<\/span><\/b>\u202fin the western ghat region is a major factor leading to landslides.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Deforestation for settlements<\/span><\/b>\u202fand cutting for\u202f<\/span>road construction<\/span><\/b>.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Anthropogenic activities gave rise to\u202f<\/span>anomalous slopes, and due to gravitational pull and rain<\/span><\/b>, the overlying material comes down.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Concentration of\u202f<\/span>heavy rainfall in concentrated areas.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Windmill projects<\/span><\/b>\u202fhave led to\u202f<\/span>huge fractures<\/span><\/b>\u202fon the mountains,\u202f<\/span>loosening structures.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. For example<\/span>, Ratnagiri,\u00a0Satara,\u202fIdduki\u202fetc.<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n

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  1. Himalayas are\u202f<\/span>young, fragile mountains still growing<\/span><\/b>, hence susceptible to natural landslides.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The sediments in the mountains are not\u202f<\/span>consolidated, and are loose<\/span><\/b>.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. There is\u202f<\/span>tectonic activity, with the plate moving up<\/span><\/b>\u202fwhich\u202f<\/span>causes instability<\/span><\/b>; hence the landslides can also occur during the dry seasons.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The\u202f<\/span>steep and sharp slope<\/span><\/b>\u202fin the Himalayas are major factors for the landslides in the region.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Anthropogenic factors in Himalayas include,\u202f<\/span>jhum cultivation, deforestation<\/span><\/b>\u202fetc., leading to landslides.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. For example,\u202f<\/span>Almora, Pithoragarh,\u00a0Rudraprayag<\/span><\/b>\u202fetc.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Landslide as a challenge has\u202f<\/span><\/span>grown in the recent years<\/span><\/span>, due to\u202f<\/span><\/span>anthropogenic activities<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>In this light<\/span>,\u202f<\/span>along with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sustainable development\u00a0<\/span>policies<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0indigenous knowledge should be leveraged.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>C<\/span><\/span>onstruction in\u202f<\/span><\/span>eco-sensitive zones need to be checked<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>R<\/span>ecommendations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kasturirangan\/ Madhav Gadgil reports<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u202f<\/span><\/span>guidelines of NDMA on landslides<\/span><\/span>\u202fneed to be followed.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Landslides\u00a0are\u00a0the movement of mass of debris, earth or rock, sliding down under the effect of gravity.\u00a0Landslides are a\u00a0common problem across the Himalayas and Western Ghats.\u202fHowever, the\u202ffactors for the two differ, as seen in the following table:\u202f\u00a0 Western Ghats\u202f\u00a0 Himalayan region\u202f\u00a0 Heavy mining activities\u202fin the western ghat region is a major factor leading to landslides.\u202f\u00a0 Deforestation… Continue reading [Answered] Differentiate the causes of landslides in the Himalayan region and Western Ghats.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10606],"class_list":["post-160036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-mains-2021-gs-1-solutions","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":725,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700117155},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}