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Mass wasting occurs when

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Mass wasting is a geologic term describing all downhill rock and soil movement due to gravity. Mass wasting occurs when a slope is too steep to remain stable with existing material and conditions. Loose rock and soil, called regolith, are what typically move during a mass-wasting event.

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the slope is too steep to remain stable in existing material and conditions

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