Global Landslide Catalog

Data on known landslides in North and South America, compiled since 2007

Originator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

This dataset covers in great detail the whereabouts, causes, and results of waterfalls from across North and South America. In it, both an input nearest city and an approximate nearest city based on the landslides' coordinates are available, Among other details include the number of fatalities and injuries from the landslide, links to photos and news coverage, and the type and severity of each landslide.

(29 columns, 1693 rows)

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Bibliographic Citation

Wolfram Research, "Global Landslide Catalog" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2016) https://doi.org/10.24097/wolfram.00365.data

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Public Domain

Data Resource History

Date Created: 8 July 2016

Source Metadata

Title: Global Landslide Catalog Export
Creator: Global Landslide Catalog
Contributor: D.B. Kirschbaum, R. Adler, Y. Hong, S. Hill, A. Lerner-Larn, T. Stanley, Y. Zhou
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date: 7 March 2016
Description: The Global Landslide Catalog considers all types of mass movements triggered by rainfall, which have been reported in the media, disaster databases, scientific reports, or other sources.
Coverage: North and South America, 2007-2016
Language: English
Source: https://data.nasa.gov/dataset/Global-Landslide-Catalog-Export/dd9e-wu2v

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Publisher Information

Publisher of Record: Wolfram Research