Question

Assuming that a mountainside, which slopes and has a plain, which is flat, received the same amount of rain, which is more eroded?

a) the valley because mountains have more veg
b) the mountain because the ground is saturated and can't hold water
c) The valley cause water can spread in sheets across valleys faster that in mountains
d) the mountain because gravity pulls runoff down sloped land faster compared to flat land

Answer 1

The mountain because gravity pulls runoff down sloped land faster than on flat land

Answer 2

The region that would be eroded the most would be those at the slopes of the mountain. When heavy rainfall comes, the soil in these regions gets soften thus being forced down forming a run-off due to the force of gravity. These eroded soil would eventually continue to the valleys thus causing landslides.