Aluvión

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What were the causes that provoked the flooding of the «El Tejado» creek in Quito?

An alluvium is a mass movement in which debris (loose soil), rock and organic matter sometimes combine with water to form a paste that flows downhill rapidly (Highland & Bobrowsky, 2008). There are triggering effects for these landslides to be generated, being: precipitation, earthquakes, landslides,...
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