Mass Movement Prone Area

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016622",
  "term": "Mass Movement Prone Area",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Those areas of influence (i.e., areas characterized as having an active or substantial possibility of mass movement) where the movement of earth material at, beneath, or adjacent to the MSWLF unit, because of natural or man-induced events, results in the downslope transport of soil and rock material by means of gravitational influence. Areas of mass movement include, but are not limited to, landslides, avalanches, debris slides and flows, soil fluction, block sliding, and rock fall.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 258.15 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/mass-movement-prone-area/"
}