DEBRIS FLOW AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS UNDER CERTAIN TYPES OF ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION

Abstract

Conditions of formation and development of landslides and debris flows in the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus and on Sakhalin Island were considered. They are formed under the influence of heavy rainfall under the influence of the Mediterranean cyclones outlet in the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus and of the Pacific cyclones outlet on Sakhalin Island in the same macro-circulation processes. Activity of landslides and debris flows in these regions has been shown to be connected with certain types of atmospheric circulation during the XX—the beginning of the XXI century. Based on these results, possible increase in the activity of landslides and debris flows, in the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus and Sakhalin Island, is suggested.

Keywords

• debris flow
• landslide
• atmospheric circulation
• black sea coast of the caucasus
• sakhalin island