Question
Rockfall and Solifluction.

Answer

RockfallSolifluction
(i) Rapid fall of rock material down or rock travel downwards bouncing and rolling is termed as rock fall.(i) Solifluction is the name for the slow downhill creep of soil.
(ii) Rockfalls occur mainly in rocky areas.(ii) Solifluction occurs mainly in periglacial or alpine regions.
(iii) The size of rockfall blocks can range from one cubic centimetre to ten thousand cubic meters.(iii) The size of material in solifluction is very small since it contains particles of soil.

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