Sentence examples for landslip from inspiring English sources
The word "landslip" is correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to describe a type of geological event where a large mass of land, often a hill or a slope, moves or slides down due to gravity, often as a result of heavy rain or other natural causes. It is sometimes used interchangeably with the word "landslide." Example: The residents of the small town were forced to evacuate when a massive landslip occurred, causing major damage to homes and roads.
noun
The sliding of a mass of land down a slope or cliff; a landslide
One landslip in a coastal resort killed 17 Ecuadoreans last weekend.
The West Country is now completely cut off by rail following a landslip on the line at Crewkerne in Somerset and flooding at nearby Bridgwater and Athelney.
"Destination innovations" include Gloucester Services on the M5, the revitalised Gobbins Cliff Path on the coast of Antrim and the Attabad Lake Tunnel on the Karakorum Highway in Pakistan, dug to overcome the effects of a massive landslip on the high-altitude route to China.
His new book is Explaining Labour's Landslip.
Although it looks like a stream gorge, it was formed by a landslip and has its own microclimate.
We are also dealing with a landslip in the New Forest area.
Today's treeless hillside is tomorrow's one lashed by tropical rains, and tomorrow's landslips, instant run-off of rain and flash floods.Leaders put to the testThe authorities' response to warnings of El Niño, and to its arrival, has varied widely and been widely, but not always fairly, criticised.
The coast has been laid waste by El Niño: storms, floods and landslips have left over 20,000 people homeless, damaged or destroyed over 2,000 kilometres (1,300 miles) of roads and ravaged farms.
Rockslides and landslips are common.
Accelerated soil erosion, including rampaging gulleys and disfiguring landslips, were noted by the first generations of European settlers in the southeastern colonies.
The First Great Western train company advised passengers whose travel was not essential to avoid any journeys west of Taunton in Somerset because of flooding and landslips.
