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Briefly explain the human activities influencing mass wasting.

      

Briefly explain the human activities influencing mass wasting.

  

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Deforestation
- Deforestation leaves the soil bare and hence movement of weathered material is easier and faster.

Quarrying, mining and building activities
- Quarrying, mining and building activities affect the stability of the surface layers making them loss hence causing mass wasting

- Heavy machinery and explosives used during mining
Heavy machinery and explosives used during mining cause tremors which loosen the surface layers leading to mass wasting.
Faimus answered the question on January 4, 2018 at 10:26


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