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Illustration to show the relationship between resisting strength and driving force.

15.2 What causes mass movements?

Fig 15.14

Movement occurs when the driving force (downslope part of gravity) is greater than the resisting forces (friction and cohesion). For any sloped system there is a critical angle that, if exceeded,

will result in movement.