Anatomy of a Hillslope

Shows the 9 components of hillslopes and the dominant

transport processes and pathways

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Anatomy of a Hillslope

Dominated by vertical soil formation processes

Shows the 9 components of hillslopes and the dominant

transport processes and pathways

Anatomy of a Hillslope

Dominated by mechanical and chemical eluviation by lateral and

vertical transport processes by subsurface flow.

Shows the 9 components of hillslopes and the dominant

transport processes and pathways

Anatomy of a Hillslope

Dominated by soil creep processes

Shows the 9 components of hillslopes and the dominant

transport processes and pathways

Anatomy of a Hillslope

Dominated by mechanical and chemical weathering processes

and vertical transport by fall or slide processes

Shows the 9 components of hillslopes and the dominant

transport processes and pathways

Anatomy of a Hillslope

Dominated by mass wasting transport processes (flows, slides,

slumps, creep) by surface and subsurface water flows.

Shows the 9 components of hillslopes and the dominant

transport processes and pathways

Anatomy of a Hillslope

Dominated by deposition of mass wasting materials forming colluvial

deposits. Soil deepens and colluvial fans form. Some

intermittent downslope transport may continue by creep

Shows the 9 components of hillslopes and the dominant

transport processes and pathways

Anatomy of a Hillslope

Alluvial deposition processes dominate. Chemical weathering

dominates soil formation processes.

Shows the 9 components of hillslopes and the dominant

transport processes and pathways

Transition from colluvial to alluvial processes

Anatomy of a Hillslope

River bank processes dominate. Mass failures occur and are

transported by the river.

Shows the 9 components of hillslopes and the dominant

transport processes and pathways

Transition from colluvial to alluvial processes

Anatomy of a Hillslope

Fluvial processes dominate.

Shows the 9 components of hillslopes and the dominant

transport processes and pathways

Transition from colluvial to alluvial processes

1. Interfluve/2. seepage zones

3. Convex creep slope5. Mid-

transportationalslopes

6. Colluvial foot slopes

6. Colluvial foot slopes6. Depositional fan

7. Alluvial fill

3. Convex creep slope

8/9. Channel features

Types of mass movement are controlled by landscape slope