mass wasting

noun

Geology.

downhill movement of soil and rock fragments induced by gravity.

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Seth Wittke, division manager of the Wyoming State Geological Survey said the so-called "mass wasting event" was relatively large in size even for a state that has mapped tens of thousands of landslides in the past century.