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Diagram shows what angle will cause a rock to slide.  Depending on gravity and the weight of the rock, and the incline.

15.2 What causes mass movements?

Fig 15.12

Gravity is the driving force: on any slope there is a component of gravity parallel to the sloping surface and this part increases as slope increases. Thus, the steeper the slope, the more downward force.