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What is mass wasting,

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which soil, sand, regolith, and rock move downslope typically as a solid, continuous or discontinuous mass, largely under the force of gravity, but frequently with characteristics of a flow as in debris flows and mudflows.

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Mass wasting is what happens when soil or sand or rocks slide off the side of a mountain or slope of some sort. Basically like a landslide. It usually happens around water and then affects the quality of water and causes mudflows. 
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